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Lipscomb, Tamra; Wallin, Cindy; Braun, David; Clatterbuck, Katherine; Dana, Faison; Keniston, Leonda; Lipp, John; Mason, Christian – Inquiry, 2019
Many Virginians aspiring to earn a four-year degree intentionally begin their journey at one of the 23 community colleges within the Virginia Community College System (VCCS). In concert with those aspirations, the VCCS is committed to providing its residents an affordable and accessible program of study that prepares them to transfer and earn a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Bachelors Degrees, Access to Education, State Legislation
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Cadieux, Cynthia; Medlin, Christine; McCombs, Gayle – Inquiry, 2016
Interprofessional education (IPE) is critical in today's educational and healthcare arenas. This article describes the initial design, implementation, and evaluation of a Community College/ University IPE collaboration that enabled dental hygiene graduate students to satisfy course requirements and service learning competencies, promoted faculty…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Universities, Institutional Cooperation, Allied Health Personnel
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Wilson, Eleanor Vernon – Inquiry, 2000
Describes Piedmont Virginia Community College and the University of Virginia's (UVA's) collaboration in recruiting, preparing, and mentoring non-traditional students in teacher education. The partnership involves faculty at both institutions and includes provisions for facilitating the transfer of community college students into the five-year…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Higher Education, Institutional Cooperation, Nontraditional Students
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Wilson, Eleanor Vernon – Inquiry, 2001
Discusses the experiences of Piedmont Virginia Community College students who have transferred into the teacher education program at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education. Makes recommendations for the improvement of such programs, such as monitoring cohort groups for the duration of the program and providing intensive advising.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Institutional Cooperation
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Murray, Joseph – Inquiry, 2002
Discusses the importance of urban forests and the urban forestry (arboculture) career study certificate program at Blue Ridge Community College in Virginia, which begins in fall 2002. (Contains 19 references.) (NB)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education
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Cowden, Craig R. – Inquiry, 2000
Describes VaCIE-CEMP, a faculty/staff exchange program between the Virginia Community College System and schools in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and the Netherlands. States that participants pair up with their overseas equivalent and exchange houses, keeping costs to a minimum. Reports that during the two-week visits,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Exchange, Enrichment Activities