There is a growing demand in all areas of business and education across the nation for increased, and continuing education. Junior colleges have taken a large portion of the responsibility for providing this wide range of education. As community-responsive institutions, they will continue to expand in this function. The junior college aims of…

To identify characteristics of Tallahassee Community College evening students and to ascertain their attitudes toward and perceptions of counseling services, questionnaires were administered to 16 evening classes. A total of 276 valid questionnaires were obtained. The results of analysis of the questionnaire data showed that TCC evening students…

The proceedings of the 1972 annual meeting of the Association of University Evening Colleges are reported. In this meeting the AUEC examined its role, as well as the role of individual institutions, in meeting the new demands of higher education. The addresses were: (1) "What Are the Keys to Organizational Renewal?" by Robert G. Farris; (2) "What…

In view of women's misconceptions about their bodies, their sexuality, their mental health, and the health care system, this three-credit evening community college course on women's health needs and concerns was designed. Course objectives include recording and analyzing the effects of nutrition, sleep, exercise, and stress on various body…

A description of the adult education and senior citizens programs in French, Spanish and German at a community college in Missouri. The courses, which fill both an educational and social need, run at capacity enrollment. The program serves the community and is of great interest to the instructors. (AMH)

For many years, St. Louis Community College at Meramec has offered two distinct sets of foreign language courses: day and evening credit courses on elementary and intermediate levels and noncredit, adult evening classes on elementary I and II levels. The 10-week adult courses were usually taught by part-time instructors, although full-time faculty…

Instructional, administrative, and support services for adult evening education in Massachusetts community colleges are totally supported by tuition paid by enrolled students. On the other hand, day divisions of these colleges are supported by taxation and paid for by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Thus, an adult evening division student pays…

This document reports the results of a study conducted by the College of Eastern Utah (CEU) to determine the educational needs and desires of persons within its service area. Data used in this study were obtained by surveying 175 CEU students, 112 area educators, 131 area businesses, and 253 members of the general public. Results indicated that:…

As part of an effort to improve its summer school offerings, Arkansas' Garland County Community College conducted a survey of summer school practices at the state's 23 other two-year colleges. Survey results, based on responses from all 23 schools, included the following: (1) 13 schools offered 2 sessions during the summer months, 7 offered 3…

An analysis of enrollment trends for Los Angeles City College (LACC) from 1960 to 1977 produced the following observations: (1) day enrollment rose an average of 4% yearly from 1962 to 1974 to a high of almost 24,000, dropping slightly thereafter; (2) evening enrollment has fluctuated without a clear direction; (3) male day enrollment has dropped…

In order to respond to the recent nation-wide changes in student characteristics and enrollment patterns in community junior colleges, institutions must offer evening off-campus programs to meet the academic and motivational needs of a student population which is older, married, employed full-time, and enrolled part-time. Only 52 percent of 1972's…

This booklet describes the choices and opportunities available to Canadian students as they move from eighth grade to secondary school. It offers brief descriptions of various programs such as work experience programs and cooperative education, as well as correspondence courses, night school, summer school, private schools, alternative schools,…

As part of an effort to investigate the impact of the increasing predominance of part-time, adult, community college students on the management and organizatlon of the continuing education function, a survey of the 106 California community colleges was conducted in Spring 1979 to determine how many had merged the administration of the day college…

This report summarizes survey data on part-time faculty utilization in California community colleges. Data was received from 67 of the 69 community college districts. The primary purpose of the survey was to obtain information that would be useful to community college boards and administrators in dealing with part-time faculty legislation. Tables…

A study was conducted in 1981 at John C. Calhoun State Community College to determine the need for evening child care services, the possibility of state or federal funding for these services, and the attitudes of students without dependent children toward the use of student activity funds to provide child care. Surveys were administered to 144…