FEASIBILITY STUDIES COMPLETED IN THE ROOSEVELT, UTAH, AREA INDICATE THAT THE EXISTING POST-HIGH SCHOOL INSTITUTIONS MEET THE NEEDS OF THE AREA WELL. ESTIMATES OF POTENTIAL ENROLLMENT INDICATE THAT FEWER THAN 300 REGULAR STUDENTS FROM THE REGION CAN BE EXPECTED IN ANY YEAR FOR AT LEAST A DECADE AHEAD. ALSO A MAJOR PROPORTION OF THE STUDENTS, WHICH…

A POPULATION INCREASE OF 71 PERCENT IS EXPECTED IN UTAH BETWEEN 1960 AND 1980. THE GREATEST GROWTH IS EXPECTED IN THE SALT LAKE METROPOLITAN AREA. THE COLLEGE AGE GROUP (18 TO 21 YEARS) WILL INCREASE BY 80 PERCENT BETWEEN 1960 AND 1970. IF CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES ARE USED, THE PROPOSED JUNIOR COLLEGE COULD EXPECT AN ENROLLMENT OF APPROXIMATELY…

SEVERAL PROPOSALS FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE DISCUSSED. FACTORS ARE PRESENTED WHICH RULE OUT A LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR THE ADIRONDACK LAKES REGION AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BRANCH OF THE CANTON AGRICULTURAL-TECHNICAL COLLEGE IN THE LAKES AREA. CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN, THOUGH, TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN OR NEAR…

AS ENVISIONED, THE REGIONAL COLLEGE IS JUSTIFIED BY THE MANY KINDS OF STUDENTS IT CAN SERVE AND THE VARIETY AND APPROPRIATENESS OF THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES IT CAN OFFER. VANCOUVER ISLAND HAS TRANSPORTATION DIFFICULTIES, A MARKEDLY UNEVEN POPULATION, AND SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN FORESTRY EXPLOITATION. POPULATION GROWTH ON THE ISLAND HAS BEEN GREAT AND…

THE POPULATION GROWTH (1950-60) OF PIMA COUNTY HAS BEEN GREAT, AND TUCSON HAS LED THE NATION WITH A 36.8 PERCENT INCREASE. SERVICE INDUSTRIES, THE GOVERNMENT, AND MINING PROVIDE THE MAJORITY OF JOBS. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA AND 16 PRIVATE VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS ARE LOCATED IN TUCSON. RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF BUSINESSES IN THE AREA INDICATE THAT 65…

THIS PLAN FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NAVAJO JUNIOR COLLEGE GOES INTO ALL ASPECTS OF ITS ORGANIZATION. IT DESCRIBES THE PRESENT NAVAJO SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF MISSION, PUBLIC, AND BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS OPERATIONS. FINANCIAL HELP TO STUDENTS WANTING MORE THAN A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION IS PRESENTLY INADEQUATE, THROUGH INCREASING. IF…

A PRELIMINARY STEP IN THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, WAS THE COMPLETION OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY IN THE COMMUNITIES TO BE SERVED BY THE COLLEGE. THE REPORT WAS PREPARED IN 10 PARTS--(1) GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF JUNIOR COLLEGES, (2) AREA POPULATION AND ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS, (3) HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND…

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DEVELOP A SET OF DESIRABLE CHARACTERISTICS AND CRITERIA TO BE USED AS GUIDELINES FOR THE INITIATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES. INFORMATION IS BASED ON AN EXAMINATION OF STUDIES IN OTHER STATES, RELATED LITERATURE, OPINIONS OF THE HEADS OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN KENTUCKY, PRESENT…

THE BOARDS OF EDUCATION OF CLINTON, MUSCATINE, AND SCOTT COUNTIES, IOWA, ARE PROPOSING AN AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE WHICH WOULD BE CONCERNED WITH ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS, TERMINAL VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, AND TRANSFER COURSES. PLANS ARE BEING MADE FOR AN INITIAL ENROLLMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 1,500 FOR THE FIRST YEAR (1965-66). POPULATION…

THE COST OF DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, INCLUDING ACQUISITION OF SITE AND CONSTRUCTION, IS APPROXIMATELY $5,000 PER FULL-TIME DAY STUDENT. TENTATIVE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS INDICATE 700 STUDENTS WHEN THE SCHOOL OPENS, SEPTEMBER 1967, AND A LEVELING OFF AT 4,000 BY 1973. THE EVENING DIVISION PART-TIME ENROLLMENT MAY…

CONDITIONS SUPPORTING THE PROPOSED EXPANSION OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM IN WASHINGTON ARE OUTLINED IN THIS SURVEY OF STATE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS. THE HISTORY AND DYNAMIC GROWTH OF THE 2-YEAR COLLEGES ARE DESCRIBED. AT PRESENT, 17 PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND 10 VOCATIONAL CENTERS ARE ESTABLISHED BUT ENROLLMENT ESTIMATES AND INCREASING DEMAND FOR…

POPULATION GROWTH, ECONOMIC FACTORS, AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS PROVIDE JUSTIFICATION FOR A COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM AS THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF MEETING HAWAII'S NEEDS IN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION. THE COORDINATED COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM WILL ATTEMPT TO MEET NEEDS ON A STATEWIDE RATHER THAN ON A LOCAL BASIS. ALTHOUGH FINANCED FROM STATE SOURCES AND…

Needs assessment is not in and of itself a complicated, difficult, or expensive process but is simply one facet of good institutional management closely related to other management processes. Needs assessment is an integral part of: (1) institutional decision making and management information systems; (2) institutional planning, which should be…

An extensive library listing of 65 institutional indicators is designed to alert administrators of higher education to a number of appropriate signals of institutional vitality. Some indicators reflect financial condition in general, while others signal specific features of the educational environment. Regular monitoring of these indicators can…

THE SOUTH-CENTRAL SECTION OF LOS ANGELES PRESENTS A UNIQUE JUNIOR COLLEGE SITUATION, ENCOMPASSING THE POOREST SECTION OF THE COUNTY, WITH INADEQUATE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION FROM THE 1965 "WATTS RIOTS." EMPLOYMENT IS LARGELY MANUFACTURING AND TRADE, ALTHOUGH MANY OF THE RESIDENTS WORK IN SERVICE FIELDS. MANY…