If there is to be communication and mutual assistance between community colleges and universities, three myths about community colleges need to be dispelled: that they teach almost nothing but basic or remedial English, that no research is possible for those university people who study community college English programs or for community college…

The program for the semiannual Cooperative Program Seminar, held October 9-10, 1973, in Washington, D.C. is presented in this document. At this seminar plans were made to broaden the program focus from just consortium concerns to include the full range of interests in systems of interdependence in postsecondary education. These proceedings, to the…

The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) have commissioned this toolkit to help colleges effectively publicize a major milestone: in 2001, America's community colleges will celebrate 100 years of service and achievement. This year-long celebration presents community colleges…

This report discusses the establishment of the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology (CMAST), a collaborative effort between Carteret Community College (CCC) (North Carolina) and North Carolina State University (NCSU). The CMAST project began as a concept in 1992, when NCSU officials and science faculty saw the need for a coastal facility to…

As institutions responsive to public demand, community colleges can play an important role in strengthening public understanding of and appreciation for voluntary, non-governmental regional accreditation. (NF)

Author stressed that though community colleges might like to retain their independent stance, they will benefit by exchanging information and cooperating in noncompetitive areas. (Editor/RK)

In 1967, a group of minority community members and faculty of the various community colleges in the Puget Sound Region banded together in an attempt to make their institutions more responsive to their communities and students. Out of their first meetings emerged a cooperative effort by the involved institutions to improve and expand services and…

A summary of recent state activity to increase the transfer of academic credit between two- and four-year colleges and universities. (Author/MLF)

Shows the advantages of a state or regional community college journalism organization and offers suggestions for starting one. (GW)

This document examines incentives and obstacles to partnerships between nonprofit organizations and community colleges. Aside from some service learning collaborations, partnerships between community colleges and nonprofit groups are rare. Reasons include: (1) many community college administrators bring a private-sector orientation with them from…

This paper, which was presented at the Meeting of the Inter-American Bank Countries at Harvard Graduate School of Education in September 2000, discusses the United States Community College System. There are three types of education at American community colleges: university parallel programs, career education, and continuing education. The…

Discusses a unique coordination of public and private resources in Eastern Baltimore County, Md., which has made possible a variety of allied health programs and services by Essex Community College and Franklin Square Hospital. (Author/RK)

Describes programs designed to minimize problems that physics departments of two-year colleges have: (1) articulating with degree institutions, (2) teaching students that are weaker academically than those in typical four-year colleges, (3) obtaining suitable teaching materials, and (4) obtaining adequately prepared teachers. (DS)

Describes a 17-week preapprenticeship training program developed (through a CETA grant) cooperatively by the Lansing (Michigan) Tri-County Manpower Consortium, Lansing Community College, and Local 665 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The program is designed to provide women with basic skills and knowledge necessary to be…

Recognizing that lasting change is possible when organizations form a partnership, public policy increasingly drives active sharing of resources and mutual commitment to accountability and heightened productivity. Legislation that emphasizes aligning and improving the educational system; supporting the transition from high school to college and…