This study focused on exploring Illinois community college faculty development coordinators' perceptions about how they are implementing faculty technology professional development programs and providing technical support for part-time faculty in the Illinois community college systems. Also examined were part-time faculty perceptions of the degree…

As lifelong learning and workforce education grow increasingly more important in American life, the mission of community colleges is shifting more and more toward continuing education, certificate training, and workforce training. The lack of a standard set of indicators has led to a variety of approaches to the assessment of noncredit workforce…

For southern New England, the middle-skills gap is projected to become acute by 2020, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Historically and currently, the middle-skills labor pool in Massachusetts has been significantly below national rates and has been recently experiencing a decline. Closing the middle-skills gap depends on improving…

In November 1989, the College of the Canyons (CC) in Valencia, California, conducted a community survey of Santa Clarita Valley to determine residents' satisfaction with CC; use of CC services and facilities; perceptions of the value and performance of CC in six functional areas; perceptions of the quality of education; attitudes about fees, the…

Continual monitoring of the community is required if community colleges wish to offer meaningful community-based programs. The college must also constantly evaluate the extent to which it achieves its community program objectives. (JDS)

A marketing study was conducted in the Sauk Valley College (SVC) Illinois district. This public comprehensive community college conducted a survey to determine public perceptions of the scope and quality of its programs; extent of public involvement with SVC; prospective market for SVC; and primary information sources used by the public concerning…

Conceptualizes an approach for assessing community impact of community-based community college programs which considers the multiple communities which are potentially impacted; the educational, economic, sociocultural, political and technological impacts which are possible; the different ways of obtaining community-impact data; and the need for…

Communities Alive For Living and Learning (Project CALL), designed at Kishwaukee College to help three local, rural communities develop educational, recreational, and cultural programs, is described in this report. The first sections of the report consider the need for and purposes of the project. The Project Coordinator's report presents an…

Three studies were conducted under a mandate from the Board of Trustees to develop criteria for the evaluation of community services in the Los Angeles Community College District. The first study used questionnaires and interviews to determine the perceptions of college presidents, community services administrators, faculty senate presidents, and…

The community colleges' community services function of providing educational, cultural, and recreational activities has broadened to include direct action in ameliorating social problems. This discussion clarifies the college's role by suggesting some of the distinctions between educational leadership and social welfare, and recommends both…

Outlines several survival strategies for community education contact persons in community colleges and community agencies. Poses 10 questions and relates them to situational examples providing true-to-life comparisons which can be used to identify a potential problem in an agency or institution. Provides a 10-point self-rating scale.

In order to ascertain the effectiveness of Piedmont Technical Institute's implementation of its community services function, this study reviewed current literature, defined community services and effectiveness, designed a questionnaire based on Harlacher's checklist for effective community services programs, field-tested the survey instrument,…

A community impact study for Kalamazoo Valley Community College (KVCC) was conducted to generate data for institutional planning, management, and evaluation. Specifically, the study involved learning how well KVCC was achieving its stated goals relative to career advancement, personal development, and recreational enjoyment; determining general…

Gainesville College (GC) administered a Needs Assessment Survey in February 1998 to determine perceptions and attitudes about the college and areas that need improvement. Two groups were surveyed: high school counselors and principals, and community leaders such as Chamber of Commerce presidents and college trustees. There was a relatively high…

This literature review examines the utilization of community needs assessment data in program planning and evaluation efforts at community colleges. The review first defines and looks at the purposes of community needs assessments, noting that while such studies are purported to facilitate the planning and evaluation of credit and non-credit…