Based on audited financial statements submitted by each of the colleges and on plant and capital data provided by the New Jersey Department of Higher Education Office of Facilities Planning and Construction, this report summarizes Fiscal Year 1979 financial data for the county colleges of New Jersey. The report first presents a composite profile…

A plan for community college finance in 1981 is presented, based on an examination of socioeconomic factors likely to affect the California community colleges between 1981 and 1985. The report first outlines 11 assumptions concerning trends in community college finance and mission and, then, presents a general approach to financing the California…

A history of the University of Kentucky Community College System (UKCCS) precedes this analysis of data on UKCCS enrollment, instructional programs, financial support, and student characteristics. Section I discusses Fall 1979 headcount enrollments for each of the 14 UKCCS campuses in terms of distribution by class, sex, and residence. Enrollment…

The results of a 1977 assessment of the value of uniform financial data for the Oregon community college system are described. The utility of both programmatic data and auditable accounting data is also addressed. Business managers, presidents, and governing board chairmen at four community colleges and representatives of six different state…

This report is one of two documents which provide short summaries of career education projects funded under the provisions of Section 406 of Public Law 93-380 during fiscal year 1977. Each project summary follows a similar format which includes identifying information (title, grantee, project director), major objectives, project activities,…

The 2005 Task Force of the Chancellor's Consultation Council was created to recommend long-term strategies to identify access and service goals for California Community Colleges (CCC), the resources needed to achieve these goals, and ways to obtain needed resources. This technical paper provides the Task Force with forecasts of plausible scenarios…

This document is a reference tool for the Maryland Community Colleges Technology Council (MCCTC). It contains a summary of MCCTC's creation and reviews its general initiatives to form a statewide technology affinity group, administer a technology needs assessment survey, and develop a statewide community college technology plan and funding…

This document begins with a summary of the state and federal educational issues of access, finance, workforce and economic development, welfare reform, and administration. The legislative program follows, with further discussion on these issues. The district intends to increase access to education by providing more financial aid, eliminating…

Since passage of federal legislation limiting the educational options of welfare recipients, community colleges have been scrambling to ease the impact on current and potential students. Low-income student enrollment is declining; many feel their only choice is work. Colleges are attempting to get programs on approved lists with local social…

This chapter uses data from the Transfer and Retention of Urban Community College Students project to provide evidence of success among racially diverse students in the Los Angeles Community College District. Through interviews with student services personnel, it also describes the specific efforts that may be responsible for this success. In…

The Coordinating Board for Higher Education and the Department of Higher Education are pleased to present this Annual Report of accomplishments, benchmarks and statistics related to Missouri higher learning for fiscal year 2008. Chief among this year's accomplishments is the coordinated plan, "Imperatives for Change: Building a Higher…

The Wyoming Community College Commission (WCCC) collaborates with Wyoming's seven community colleges to provide educational experiences that strengthen, support and enrich communities and prepare students to successfully meet life's challenges and recognize and profit from opportunities. Wyoming's seven community colleges provide affordable,…

For over 30 years, researchers and practitioners have identified challenges unique to small, rural community colleges. The purpose of this study was to examine the distinctive problems facing rural community colleges today and the challenges those institutions must address to fulfill their mission in rural America. There are 5 current challenges…

Pursuant to Florida educational legislation, this report presents findings of an educational plant survey conducted in May 1995 at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC). The report is designed to aid the formulation of plans for housing the educational program, student population, faculty, administrators, staff, and auxiliary and ancillary services…

Outlining the demography of the students and community served by Glendale Community College (GCC), in California, as well as providing indicators of institutional effectiveness, this five-part report is designed to assist faculty, staff, and students understand the college's diversity operations. Section I provides a community profile, including…