This document examines incentives and obstacles to partnerships between nonprofit organizations and community colleges. Aside from some service learning collaborations, partnerships between community colleges and nonprofit groups are rare. Reasons include: (1) many community college administrators bring a private-sector orientation with them from…

Emphasizes the qualitative and quantitative decline of transfer education. Recommends ways to revitalize the community college's transfer function through external and internal community involvement, including the public, four-year institutions and secondary schools and two-year college students, faculty, counselors, and administrators. Describes…

This paper discusses fostering a sense of unity across multiple campuses of a community college. It defines multi-campus community colleges (M3C) as a community college district composed of more than one site where learning is to take place. Unity is considered the state at which the students, faculty, and staff on the various college campuses and…

Points out the degree to which the community college's image is distorted by the provision of hobby and recreation classes. Advocates linkages with other community organizations offering adult and community service programs. Calls for college involvement in community development and the solution of urban and suburban problems. (DMM)

Community colleges have long relied on informal and unstructured collaborations for survival and success. This article describes the need for more complex collaborative relationships with external constituents. Examples of emerging types of structured collaboration are presented, as are the implications of these collaborations for faculty,…

Explains how a well-coordinated articulation agreement between secondary and postsecondary institutions can reduce the financial and time costs inherent in the repetition of courses. (SK)

Calls for federal legislation to support the role of community colleges in adult employment development. Advocates legislative support of private sector and community college cooperation and broad-based business/industry tax incentives. Identifies human resource development concerns; economic recovery and defense trends; areas for increased…

Discusses the development of the Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT) degree in Maryland, which represents an outcomes-based, statewide articulation of the two-year degree in elementary education to public and private four-year institutions. States that if the AAT degree works in all iterations, it will serve as a national model for collaboration…

Describes the efforts of St. Petersburg College (Florida) to offer teacher education baccalaureate degrees in elementary education, special education, and secondary education in math and science. States that community colleges seeking to offer the baccalaureate degree should be aware of the demands posed by funding, curriculum, marketing, student…

Reviews accrediting standards, assesses the ability of community colleges to meet these standards, and suggests accreditation models appropriate for community colleges. Contends that community colleges and traditional colleges and universities should seek joint accreditation for community college feeder or transition programs, which would…

Perceives the community college's image as distorted by the provision of hobby and recreation courses. Advocates linkages with other community organizations offering adult and community service programs. Calls for college involvement community development and the solution of urban and suburban problems. (DMM)

Discusses the necessity of partnerships between industry and community colleges as a way to improve the workforce by providing the skills and education needed to compete successfully in a global economy. Partnerships in areas of technology are emphasized. Seven examples of partnerships between Texas Instruments and community colleges are listed.…

Presents the statewide articulation agreements developed by Wyoming higher education institutions, resulting in a common name and numbering system for lower-division courses, as well as dual admission agreements; 2+2, 2+3, and 3+1 articulation agreements; joint delivery of degree programs; and shared data on student performance. These agreements…

Assesses the role of community colleges in enhancing international communication and understanding through educational cooperation. Urges the involvement of all American postsecondary institutions, and encourages the construction of linkages between American institutions and foreign universities and colleges. Underscores the need for appropriate…

Examines the role of partnerships in the community colleges, reviewing their historical basis, primary keys for success, and potential barriers to achievement. Highlights the importance of administrative commitment at all participating organizations and willingness to yield some positions for the good of the project. (13 citations) (MAB)