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Download full textMcDowell, F. M. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
The term "junior college" is now more widely accepted as applying to those institutions, either public or private, which offer the first two years of the standard college course, above and beyond the standard 15 units of high-school work. A variety of factors have, within the past few years, given an unusual significance to these…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Small Colleges, Two Year Colleges, Public Colleges
Luck, Dudley B.; Galloway, Connie D. – 1981
The development, implementation, and integration of a nontraditional adult degree program at Mary Baldwin College, a traditional liberal arts institution, is described. The adult degree program is designed for adult men and women who cannot attend classes in the traditional manner; it may involve independent study, courses at other accredited…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Students, Case Studies, College Credits
Hirschorn, Michael W. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
The Citadel, a state institution, has attempted to push for a broad-based education in languages, history, and literature while maintaining its 145-year-old tradition of military discipline and training. An incident with a black cadet has brought on a barrage of public criticism. (MLW)
Descriptors: Black Students, Civil War (United States), College Students, Discipline
Gill, Wanda E. – 1985
A Bowie State College program to prepare black students for careers as physicians and dentists is described. The program will recruit seniors from predominantly black Maryland high schools to participate in an intensive summer program prior to college entrance, and will provide continuing services during the college years. Six phases of the…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Black Colleges, Black Students, Career Counseling
Brown, Roberta D. – 1981
Attrition at the Arkansas College, a small independent institution, was studied through a survey of former students. Respondents were asked to reflect upon their college experience in relation to personal needs, academic and financial concerns, social life, services, and college life. The College Experience Survey and the Rate of Attrition…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, College Environment, College Students, Dropout Attitudes
Smith, Virginia B.; Bernstein, Alison R. – 1979
Based on extensive research, this book questions the benefits assumed to accrue from enlarging American colleges. The application of the industrial economies-of-scale model to academic institutions is challenged, since the purpose of academic institutions is not production but learning. Evidence is cited of hidden "diseconomies" of scale on large…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Faculty, College Planning, College Role
Ayewoh, Michael Ehi – 1985
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…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Black Students, College Environment, College Students
Chando, Carl M., Ed. – 1978
Summaries of papers from the 1978 National Conference on Academic Advising are presented. Among the 58 papers are the following: "Faculty Advising as Faculty Development" (Howard Kramer); "Student Self-Assessment Systems and Academic Advising" (John H. Clarke, Christopher Robles, Joanne Yphantis); "Development and Utilization of a Peer Advising…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Students, Career Planning, College Freshmen
Ingalls, D. Lee – 1980
Current financial assistance files at three public colleges/universities were examined to determine whether there is discrimination of women in the award of financial aid. Attention was directed to several specific assistance programs: Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Awards, National Direct Student loans, Guaranteed Student Loans, Supplemental…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Dependents
Chando, Carl M., Ed. – 1979
Proceedings of the 1979 National Conference on Academic Advising are presented. Contents include the keynote address, papers, and panel discussions. The 61 papers and authors include the following: "Some Recent Discoveries in Vocational Assistance" (John Holland); "Specific Responses to High Risk Students at a State College" (Linda Syrell, David…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Budgets, Career Change
Findlay Coll., OH. – 1983
A self-study of Findlay College, Ohio, which was prepared for the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools for reaccreditation purposes, is presented. After a preliminary chapter outlining the mission and goals of the college, attention is directed to: instructional programs, community programs and resources, students and student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accreditation (Institutions), Ancillary School Services, Case Studies
American Council of Life Insurance, Washington, DC. Education and Community Services. – 1982
A report is presented of a meeting sponsored by the University Advisory Council of the American Council of Life Insurance on company-college links. A brief outline is presented of each of five innovative programs developed and implemented by business groups and colleges. As background to the projects, attention is also directed to some of the main…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Business Responsibility, College Faculty, College Presidents
Bergquist, William H.; And Others – 1980
College 1, sponsored by the Council for the Advancement of Small Colleges (CASC) in 1978 and 1979, is described as a short-term, national experimental college that brings faculty and students from small U.S. liberal arts colleges together in a temporary educational system. During this four-week summer program, new teaching methods, new course…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, College Students, Curriculum Development
Astin, Alexander W. – 1977
This analysis of how college affects students is based on the largest nationwide study of student development ever undertaken, a ten-year effort by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program of the American Council on Education and the University of California at Los Angeles. Using longitudinal data from over 200,000 students and 300…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Career Development, College Role
Smith, Peter, Ed.; Smith, Carol L., Ed. – Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE), 2004
This 2004 Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE) conference proceedings presented the theme "Leading Strategic & Cultural Change through Technology." The conference introduced its ASCUE Officers and Directors, and provides abstracts of the pre-conference workshops. The full-text conference papers in this document…
Descriptors: Small Colleges, Computers, Student Surveys, Interaction
