Small, rural community junior colleges, comprising half of America's community-junior college movement, have special characteristics, problems, and needs which have been ignored by governmental and policy-making bodies. Educational delivery at the community college level suffers unique problems because it takes place in a milieu of sparse…

The University of Alaska (UAJ) consists of Juneau-Douglas Community College and Southeastern Senior College. Enrollment is predominantly part-time and largely concentrated in the community college. Personal interviews were conducted in May-June 1979 with 16 UAJ personnel and 50 citizens in six adjacent communities to identify local and University…

Faculty development programs in different types of colleges are considered, along with support of faculty development by private foundations, including the Bush Foundation's Faculty Development Program. The evolution of faculty development in institutions in the United States is traced, with emphasis on efforts in the last 15 years. A literature…

Following an overview of the growth of publicly supported junior colleges in Colorado and corresponding state legislation and policies of the Colorado State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education, this paper presents the present position of the Board on issues of student access and the establishment and maintenance of community…

Strategies for change in higher education are offered in an attempt to better cope with the changing environment facing higher education (i.e., diversity of students, declining enrollments, and retrenchment). Section I (Planned Change Theory and Research) examines strategies for change, the ivory tower image, and educational and organizational…

The system or plan for faculty development and evaluation at the College of St. Francis is described. The plan was proposed by the division chairpersons, the faculty-owned Faculty Development Committee, the Office of Academic Affairs, and the entire instructional faculty at the college. Among the assumptions accepted were: (1) a system of faculty…

This study sought to identify and describe changes in curriculum programs and instructional systems occurring among a selected sample of small, private liberal arts colleges between 1969-70 and 1974-75. This study supports the prediction, based on a 1957 study by E.J. McGrath and C.H. Russell, that a pattern of course work combining a broad,…

As part of a study of selected developing colleges and universities funded in the Advanced Institutional Development Program (AIDP), this report focuses on St. Mary's Junior College (SMJC), a Roman Catholic, two-year college specializing exclusively in health, health-related and human service fields. The report considers SMJC's state of…

Needs and concerns of 35 black students enrolled at Mansfield University in spring 1985 were assessed. Biographical information and opinions of the respondents were obtained using a questionnaire, which is appended. Characteristics of the sample include: 66.67 percent were males and 33.33 percent were females; 22 of the students were 18 to 21…

Hypothetical and actual problems in the organizational, professional, collegial, and client relationships of college faculty were studied. A list of hypothetical problems was derived from a systematic literature search, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 32 faculty of history, biological science, political science, and business…

The relationship between government and Bishop College in regard to federal funding and the effect of federal compliance is examined. The four significant impact components that comprise the study are historical impact, statistical impact, federal impact (positive and negative aspects), and operational/functional impact. Basic instruments used to…

Decision-making responsibility in small private liberal arts colleges as perceived by faculty, presidents, and trustees is examined in light of the growing pressures of the 1980's on the institutions. Problem areas identified through a literature survey were the acquisition and allocation of financial resources, student recruitment and retention,…

The program of the subsection on commercial education of the education section of the Pan American Scientific Congress, held in Washington City December 27, 1915 to January 8, 1916 under the auspices of the U.S. Government, was so comprehensive and the papers of such value that the Commissioner of the Bureau of Education requested the assistant…

This case study focused on a small liberal arts college (Lake Erie College, Ohio) over one year during which four milestone events appeared to be pivotal in increasing the willingness of the school to use institutional research for decision-making in areas of program modification and development. At the beginning of the year, the college was faced…

Forty-one small liberal arts colleges were visited during the 1997-98 school year in order to talk to key information technology staff and to see computing facilities. A survey containing 15 factual and 10 open-ended questions was used to gather information. This paper presents findings in the following areas and comparison with results of a…