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Direct linkResnick, Daniel P.; Goulden, Marc – New Directions for Higher Education, 1987
During two periods of expansion in higher education, the curriculum of undergraduate education has undergone major changes. Toward the end of each period of expansion, a movement for assessment has developed, with the goal of restoring coherence and substance to the undergraduate program. (MLW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, College Curriculum, Comparative Analysis
Polk, Barbara B. – 1984
Designed as a guide for development of Hawaii's community colleges, this report identifies 11 directions for the 1980's in the areas of educational quality, opportunities for education, and administrative leadership. Introductory material provides background on the planning document and an overview of the place of community colleges and the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Administration, College Curriculum, College Faculty
Peer reviewedWeis, Judith S. – Environmental Science and Technology, 1990
This report on the status of undergraduate programs in environmental science (ES) comprises information from 76 of 262 institutions that offer a bachelors degree in ES. The following areas are discussed (1) administrative arrangements, (2) curriculum requirements, (3) enrollments, and (4) directors' perceptions of the problems and positive aspects…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, College Curriculum, College Faculty
PDF pending restorationVaughan, George B.; Davies, Gordon K. – 1980
In the first of the two addresses presented in this publication, George Vaughan examines trends likely to influence the development of community colleges in the United States. He predicts: (1) the increased representation of women, minorities, part-time, and older students will continue; (2) increased competition with higher education institutions…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Administration, College Curriculum, College Faculty
Conter, Robert V. – 1983
Two nationwide surveys of college educational programmers and older adults (over 60 years of age) were conducted during 1982. The first survey polled 249 educational programmers to determine the current status of older adult educational activities in terms of the institutions' demographics, funding sources, and programmer expectations of expansion…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, College Curriculum, College Programs
Download full textFlorida State Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, Tallahassee. – 1995
This report presents the results of a review of health professions education in Florida and the social and economic forces affecting the supply and demand for health professionals in the state. Individual sections focus on medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, public health, nursing, physician assistantship, physical therapy,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Curriculum, Colleges, Cultural Pluralism
Littleton, Roosevelt, Jr. – 1998
Although community colleges currently account for over half of minority enrollment in America, there is controversy regarding whether the colleges actually provide minority students with access to higher education or merely track them into low-level studies. A number of barriers to success face minority community college students, such as…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Curriculum, College Preparation, College Role
