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Grubb, W. Norton – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013
Nearly two-thirds of students require some form of remediation before taking college-level classes, and community colleges have become increasingly important in providing this education. Unfortunately, relatively few students complete the developmental courses required to make a transition to college-level work. Based on a three-year study of over…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Basic Skills, Remedial Programs
Grubb, W. Norton; Kraskouskas, Eileen – 1992
Given recent Federal Government and business community emphasis on integrated vocational and academic education, a telephone survey of community colleges was made to explore what forms such integration is taking. Information was gathered through telephone contact with 45 community college officials recruited through a mailed questionnaire to a…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Faculty, College Programs, Community Colleges
Grubb, W. Norton; Worthen, Helena; Byrd, Barbara; Webb, Elnora; Badway, Norena; Case, Chester; Goto, Stanford; Villeneuve, Jennifer Curry – 1999
This qualitative study of community college faculty, based on classroom observation and interviews of 257 instructors and 60 administrators at 32 community colleges across the country, was undertaken to explore what "teaching looks like in a teaching college." The researchers were especially interested in the collective nature of teaching: the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Quality
Villeneuve, Jennifer Curry; Grubb, W. Norton – 1996
The structure and perceived benefits of the cooperative education programs offered by two-year colleges in Cincinnati, Ohio, were examined in a study in which 66 representatives of 54 area firms and 25 individuals from 7 community colleges were interviewed in 1993. Cincinnati's co-op programs were found to vary significantly in their structure.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits