In recent years, a convergence of several forces--increased legislative involvement in higher education, governmental and philanthropic pressure to increase postsecondary degree and certificate production, demands for a highly trained workforce, and fiscal belt-tightening at colleges and universities across America--has resulted in efforts to…

This article reports the reactions of twenty-seven professors now teaching in community college leadership programs who responded to the question, "What issues do you emphasize in your courses and what issues most concern your students/practitioners?" It also draws on a separate survey of forty-seven state directors and on the writings of four…

Transfer education centering on the liberal arts declined relatively beginning in the late 1960s with the expansion of vocational education. But the distinctions blurred as courses that matched university programs in business and health fields grew. By the 1970s more than half all associate degrees awarded were to students from occupational…

Reviews research pointing to and explaining the underrepresentation of the liberal arts in two-year college community service programs. Highlights programs successfully integrating liberal arts into community services, underscoring the value of advisory committees. Urges colleges to provide socially useful community services that are not readily…

Discusses the position of community services within the community college, examining reasons that community services have not and likely will not reach parity with instructional and guidance services. Describes Navajo Community College as an example of an agency for community uplift--the whole college designed as a community service. (DMM)

Discusses affordability of developmental education, maintenance of transfer curricula and general education requirements, prospects for individualized curricula, developing a community education ethic, reconciling curriculum with students' course taking pattern, and organization of curriculum. (MB)

The role of the community colleges in career education, compensatory education, community education, and transfer education is discussed in terms of its development in the 1970s and its future in the 1980s. (JMF)

Discusses the state of humanities instruction in community colleges and offers suggestions for ways to bolster that curriculum form. (FL)

Reviews ERIC materials dealing with the mathematics curriculum in the two-year college, remedial programs, college-level programs, student mathematics competencies, professional dimensions, and the future of mathematics instruction. (DMM)

Traces the magnitude of the turn away from the liberal arts in American community colleges and suggests ways that faculty members in literature and the humanities might accommodate themselves to this change. (HOD)

Examines recent trends in general education, discussing its importance, definitions of general education, and its inconsistent status. Provides three examples of successful general education programs, as well as an ideal model for a community college program. (AYC)

Points out that art in U.S. community colleges is important and enduring but not obviously central to institutional mission. Discusses results from a survey indicating students reported much greater gains in self-confidence, respect for other people, openness toward new ideas, employable skills, and an awareness of alternatives in education and…

Responds to criticisms commonly leveled against community colleges with respect to their provision of developmental education. Looks at issues related to program costs, departmental responsibility, articulation with secondary schools, teacher preparation, placement and diagnostic test validity. (DMM)

Provides a basic model for instructional technology and discusses its applicability to community colleges. Reviews the role of mastery learning and competency-based instruction in reforming general education in the community college. Identifies the elements common to most successful instructional programs. (DMM)

Describes a study conducted by the Center for the Study of Community Colleges to investigate the liberal arts credit offerings of 164 community colleges nationwide. Considers the make-up of the college curriculum, trends in course level (remedial, standard, or advanced), average class size, and total enrollments. (DMM)