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Peer reviewedWalendowski, George – Business Education Forum, 2000
Examines current accounting courses offered at 77 California community colleges to determine how suited they are to meet the changes in the accounting profession. Offers recommendations designed to increase enrollment at community colleges and make students more marketable in a competitive and changing environment. (JOW)
Descriptors: Accounting, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
Griffin, W. A., Jr., Ed. – 1995
This monograph by the members of the American Association of Community Colleges' Commission on Small and/or Rural Community Colleges shares small and rural community college experiences. In "Leaders through Community Service," Jacqueline D. Taylor provides a model for how small and rural community colleges can be involved in building leaders…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Services, Educational Change, Fund Raising
Download full textHamilton, John M. – 1998
This paper on recruiting and retaining minorities details the difficulties and successes of Gainesville College (Georgia) to induct and retain minorities from 1993 to 1998. During this five-year period, Black enrollment at the college decreased by 9.1% (from 84 to 77), while Hispanic and Asian enrollments increased by 61.2% (26 to 67) and 35.7%…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Educational Change
CARROLL, ADGER B.; IHNEN, LOREN A. – 1966
TWENTY-EIGHT EDUCATORS, ECONOMISTS, AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE TO CONSIDER (1) REGULATION, ORGANIZATION, AND ADMINISTRATION OF FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES, TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTIONS, AND LOCAL SCHOOLS AS RELATED TO THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND OF TEACHERS, (2) OPERATION OF THE TEACHER LABOR MARKET AND…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Change, Educational Planning, Employment Patterns
Van Ast, John – 1989
This document considers whether postsecondary education can change the way it operates. The introduction identifies six challenges of the 1990s, including heterogeneous student populations; quality of working life competence, basic competence, employability competence, learning-to-learn competence, common core competencies, and the arts and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education, Educational Change
California Univ., Berkeley. Center for Research and Development in Higher Education. – 1967
THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY IS DEVELOPED BY THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION. IT INCLUDES PUBLICATIONS AND MIMEOGRAPHED REPORTS BASED ON, OR RELATED TO, THE RESEARCH CONDUCTED AT THE CENTER. THIS DOCUMENT IS ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 1947 CENTER STREET, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Bibliographies, College Faculty, College Students
PDF pending restorationCherdack, Arthur N. – 1979
During the growth period of the 1960's and the early 1970's, community college institutional research focused on conducting surveys, compiling institutional reports on grades and enrollments, analyzing student characteristics, and providing background information for writing grants. The researchers came mostly from the teaching faculty and were…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Collective Bargaining, College Administration, College Faculty
Heermann, Barry; And Others – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1980
A variety of responses to lifelong learning issues are contained in these essays by 12 practitioners directly involved in non-traditional educational alternatives. Sheila Gordon and Augusta Souza Kappner analyze the demographics, motivation, and environment of returning adult students. Peter Smith looks at the educator as facilitator rather than…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Students
Hershey, Alan; And Others – 1995
This document profiles the diverse approaches to tech-prep taken by 10 local districts across the United States. The tech-prep programs in the following cities are profiled: Dayton, Ohio; Dothan, Alabama; East Peoria, Illinois; Fresno, California; Gainesville, Florida; Hartford, Connecticut; Logan, West Virginia; Salem, Oregon; Springdale,…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Career Academies, Career Counseling
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 2001
Women and minorities are underrepresented in technology-related careers for many reasons, including lack of access, level of math and science achievement, and emotional and social attitudes about computer capabilities. Schools and teachers can use the following strategies to attract women and minorities to high-tech careers and prepare them for…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Education, Change Strategies, Community Colleges
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1981
Written by California teachers and administrators involved in distributive and office education at the secondary and community college levels, these 24 articles present information on new methods of instruction and uses of technology occurring in the business world and in education. Topics covered include Centers for Business Teacher Education,…
Descriptors: Accounting, Bilingual Education, Business Education, Business Education Teachers
National Policy Association, Washington, DC. – 2002
The Digital Economic Opportunity Committee (DEOC) was created by the National Policy Association (NPA) in 2001 to confront the critical national shortage of workers with the information technology (IT) skills needed for the information age economy. The committee oversaw an 18-month workforce development research project titled Crossing the Digital…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Delivery Systems, Demand Occupations, Education Work Relationship
North Carolina Community Coll. System, Raleigh. – 2001
This report contains descriptions of 34 best practices of North Carolina high school/community college Tech Prep (TP) consortia from a 2000 review. All consortia were allowed to choose their best effort or accomplishment completed or in operation at the end of 1999-2000. Among the practices described were: a comprehensive career development…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Apprenticeships, Basic Skills, Career Academies
