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Download full textFITCH, NAOMI
IN AN ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THE REGISTRAR'S PROBLEM OF DETERMINING WHICH CANDIDATES FOR THE AA DEGREE HAVE FULFILLED ALL THEIR REQUIREMENTS, THE AUTHOR ASKED OTHER COLLEGES TO DESCRIBE THEIR GRADUATION PROCEDURES. OF THE 78 CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGES QUESTIONED, 70 REPLIED. SINCE THE CEREMONIES ARE HELD SO SOON AFTER FINAL EXAMINATIONS, A PROCEDURE…
Descriptors: Academic Records, College Graduates, Commencement Ceremonies, Degree Requirements
Glock, Nancy Clover – 1987
Designed to assist California community college personnel in implementing 1986 regulations concerning associate degree requirements, this paper analyzes the key terms in the new policy, "college level" and "critical thinking," and discusses practical implications for assessment, curriculum, and instruction. First, the paper…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Objectives, Critical Thinking
Farland, Ronnald W. – 1985
Developed by the Task Force on Academic Quality for the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, this report analyzes, discusses, and offers recommendations concerning ways to strengthen the quality of the associate degree in the state's community college system. Part I provides background on the charge of the Task Force and external…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Credit Courses
Petersen, Allan L.; Berg, Ernest H. – 1982
A survey of California community colleges was conducted in 1980-81 to determine the extent to which compensatory and developmental courses currently fulfill requirements for the associate degree (AA) and to determine how many of the compensatory courses were actually used by students to satisfy AA requirements. Responses to the survey were…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Credits, College Curriculum, Community Colleges
Kangas, Jon Alan – 1985
A survey was conducted by the Learning Assessment Retention Consortium of the California Community Colleges to determine the extent of community college involvement with academic standards in California. The survey investigated the relationship of the colleges to adult education, assessment practices, entrance standards for vocational and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Degree Requirements
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, Sacramento. – 2001
This handbook was written in order to assist Articulation Officers and others involved in the articulation process in California institutions of higher education. It is intended to be a guideline and comprehensive resource of articulation policies and practices. In California there are four postsecondary educational segments comprised of: (1) Ten…
Descriptors: Academic Degrees, Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Farland, Ronnald W. – 1985
This staff analysis by the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges discusses and offers recommendations concerning the report, "Proposals for Strengthening the Associate Degree in the California Community Colleges," by the Task Force on Academic Quality. The paper begins with brief staff comments on the associate…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Credit Courses
Farland, Ronnald; Nussbaum, Thomas J. – 1988
In May 1985 and again in September 1986, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges adopted Title 5 regulations strengthening the associate degree by establishing two distinct sets of standards which establish whether or not individual courses may be applied for credit to the associate degree. Along with a brief history of the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Associate Degrees, College Credits, Community Colleges
Hinrichsen, Keith Allen – 1977
A survey was administered to 1,903 students enrolled in 45 sections of History 27 (American history) and Political Science 5 (political institutions), both 3-unit courses required for graduation at Cerritos College (California), to ascertain whether students would have taken either course if it had not been required and to determine preferences…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Degree Requirements, Elective Courses
Kangas, Jon Alan – 1985
The Learning Assessment Retention Consortium of the California Community Colleges distributed two questionnaires to all 108 California community colleges to determine practices related to academic standards and matriculation. Study findings, based on responses from 68 colleges to the academic standards survey and 70 colleges to the matriculation…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admissions Counseling, College Admission, Community Colleges
Laroche, Jonnah J., Ed. – Forum, 1982
This issue of "Forum," a journal designed to present ideas of California community college faculty, begins with "Community Colleges Can Keep the Door Open," by Jean B. Trapnell, which urges community colleges to reassess and integrate the new goals associated with lifelong learning with the primary goals of providing transfer,…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Governing Councils, College Instruction, College Planning
MORGAN, HAZEL B. – 1966
THE 25 CALIFORNIA COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OFFERING GRADUATE MUSIC PROGRAMS WERE SURVEYED TO GIVE AN EVALUATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE GRADUATE MUSIC DEGREE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE, TO GAIN SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEEDS OF GRADUATE MUSIC STUDENTS, AND TO PROVIDE A BASIS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND ADEQUACY OF THESE PROGRAMS. A…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Colleges, Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements
