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Floyd, Deborah L.; Falconetti, Angela M. Garcia; Felsher, Rivka A. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2012
Community colleges have a storied history of successfully providing pathways and access to credentials and degrees through various models of delivery and in diverse programs of study. Until recently, the highest degree offered by community colleges was the associate degree. During the past decade, major changes have occurred in the landscape of…
Descriptors: Credentials, Extension Education, Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees
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Floyd, Deborah L.; Walker, David A. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2003
Discusses possible solutions to the shortage across the nation of certified public school teachers, focusing on the community college role in meeting this critical need. Reports on and analyzes findings of a 2002 survey of state community college directors. Presents four programmatic models. Contains 21 references and research instrument. (NB)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Models, Teacher Certification
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Floyd, Deborah L. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2003
Argues that by skillful leading and investment in professional development programs, community college leaders can facilitate the successful transformation of campuses into centers of technology-based learning. States that distance education is in line with the community college mission of access and equity, and hence must be incorporated.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Computer Uses in Education
Floyd, Deborah L.; And Others – 1989
During 1988-89, the Collin County Community College District (CCCCD) conducted a project to develop, implement, and evaluate a model career laboratory called a "Future Shop." The laboratory was designed to let users explore diverse career options, job placement opportunities, and transfer resources. The Future Shop lab had three major components:…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Career Guidance, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
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Floyd, Deborah L. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2003
Argues that community college student health services are pertinent to student success, and that a college committed to student success is one that is also committed to student health. Discusses policy agenda for community college health programs in the context of leadership policy issues and individual college and consortia issues. (Contains 13…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Policy, Health Promotion
Floyd, Deborah L.; Friedel, Janice N.; Mulder, Anne E. – 2002
Current teacher shortages are particularly acute in small rural communities, in certain urban areas, and in certain teaching disciplines. As educational and policy leaders struggle to find solutions to the teacher shortages, they are also questioning who should be delivering teacher training and certification programs. Community college teacher…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs