The study reported in this paper was conducted to determine how the implementation of a 1993 differential fee policy in California that charges higher fees to students with a bachelor's degree will affect the enrollment of students with bachelor's degrees, and how this policy may change the overall enrollments of the California community college…

A descriptive study was conducted of the career status of the graduates of the Adult and Community Education (ACE) program of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. A questionnaire was developed and sent to 238 graduates and active students of the program, asking about the kinds of careers being pursued, the salaries being earned, and the perceived…

A study was undertaken at Harrisburg Area Community College (Pennsylvania), a non-unionized institution, regarding the function and effectiveness of the Faculty Council in policy formation and decision-making. A three-part survey covered the role of the Council in policy-making, the function of standing committees, and possible alternative…

In order to determine whether awarding state and federal financial aid to students had a positive effect on student persistence, grade point averages (GPA) and chances of graduating, this study was conducted at North Greenville College (South Carolina). The 252 first-time, full-time freshmen who entered the college in fall 1975 were divided into…

In an effort to bring entering allied health students to college-level reading ability, a Science Reading Program based on the theory that adult learners will be more motivated to improve reading skills if material is related to career preparation was designed, implemented, and evaluated. After pre-testing on the Nelson-Denny Reading Test (Form…

A study of two groups of students at Sacramento City College (California) was undertaken in Fall, 1978, to determine whether the holistic approach to the teaching of basic writing (involving the techniques of free writing, writing from stimulus words, and controlled composition) could result in more significant gains in fluency and reduction of…

A review of the literature concerning educational finance, taxation, and California's Proposition 13 (1978) reveals that educational institutions encountered financial pressures before the passage of Proposition 13, and that these pressures--hardly specific to California--are highly visible in the South Carolina Technical Education System. The…

This practicum assumed the responsibility of developing and implementing inservice training for personnel in the Denver Public Schools, as required by a federal district court decree. Emphasis of the inservice training was intended to improve skills in interpersonal communications with pupils, parents, community members, and other school personnel…

A study was made to explore and to assess the understanding and perceptions of communications technology held by the lay black community and black professional educators and to examine the implications of their perceptions and understanding for social policy. The methodological approach consisted of a: (1) black educational historiography; (2)…

The place of moral education in the curriculum of Black Hawk College (Illinois) is considered in terms of a review of the literature and the results of a questionnaire survey assessing faculty opinion on the topic. The rationale for moral education is seen in three current trends: (l) change from a small, stable, traditional society to a complex,…

Urban managers and legislators are faced with the task of ensuring that policy decisions really represent citizens' needs. One method of communicating with the public by government was the creation of the Community Representatives Office (CRO) by the city of Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1973. This position is similar to the office of the…

Adjunct faculty, that is, part-time instructors employed for a specific purpose who may not be teachers by profession, comprise more than 50% of the total teaching faculty in community colleges. This study investigated what selected community colleges identified as professional development needs of adjunct faculty, and what adjunct faculty…

A survey of Washington State community college early childhood education (ECE) graduates was conducted to discover whether they performed and were adequately trained to perform a variety of social and human services tasks. These include outreach, broker, evaluator, teacher, behavior modifier, mobilizer (promoting neighborhood programs),…

The purpose of the project described here was to devise and test a low-cost model for increasing undergraduate career information in the University of South Florida sociology department. The initial formulation of the model described information exchanges initiated by the sociology department with alumni, community organizations, and other…

This comparative study examines learning networks from an historical perspective and, in addition to determining the state-of-the-art after seven years of independent development, provides operational definitions of the major critical elements needed to assure the development of a successful learning network model. Learning networks are discussed…