This paper presents the 1998-99 annual report for the California Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC). This report includes the following items: (1) message from Commission Chair Leon Baradat; (2) message from Executive Director David B. Wolf; (3) Commission Actions: Member Institutions, which lists actions taken…

A review of the shift from local to state financing and a description of various kinds of tax support structures. (Editor)

Surveys faculty members of the University of Kentucky Community College System about how they use videotape programs in their classroom instruction. Finds that most faculty members use video occasionally for showing visual examples of the topics they are teaching and to stimulate classroom conversation. Indicates a relationship between teaching…

The report, prepared by the Academy for Educational Development as part of an extensive review of California's 1959 Master Plan for Higher Education, contains recommendations for the future governance of public higher education in California. Eight alternative systems of governance (including the present system) are examined in an attempt to…

This is a legal and historical review of junior college integration in the State of Florida. Racism and political, economic, and academic factors are mentioned in a description of the transition from inferior black and separate white institutions to mixed colleges with intentional black and minority recruitment. (GC)

This report presents results on the number of Maryland high school graduates who attend Howard Community College (HCC). The number of recent public high school graduates showing up at HCC increased from 384 (spring 1992 graduates) to 443 (spring 1997 graduates). HCC's share of the students who attend college in Maryland has ranged from 36-42% with…

This study of Wyoming citizen access to community college education explored several factors related to college enrollments over the period 1990-1997: age characteristics of the Wyoming population, age characteristics of credit headcount enrollments in the Wyoming College System, and penetration rates of Wyoming Colleges into Wyoming counties.…

As the number of multicampus junior colleges continues to increase, basic questions about organization and control must be answered. (Editor)

Examines the extent of credit and non-credit offerings in entrepreneurship and small-business management in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS). Indicates that entrepreneurship training and education is not a priority at all Virginia community colleges. Finds that there is strong demand for such offerings from students enrolled in the…

Information on institutions engaged in academic collective bargaining with recognized bargaining units in 1982 is presented. Attention is directed to agents elected, "no-agent" elections, decertifications, strikes and legislation, and adjunct faculty bargaining units. It was found that the number of institutions conducting collective bargaining…

An inventory of academic degree programs in South Carolina is presented to aid institutional and statewide planners and others who want to identify institutions offering a specific program. A first section lists academic programs and indicates the schools offering each program. A second section listing public and private colleges identifies the…

An inventory of academic degree programs in South Carolina is presented to aid institutional and statewide planners and others who want to determine institutions offering a specific program. A first section lists 42 academic programs and indicates the schools offering each program. A second section listing public and private colleges identifies…

Degrees conferred during the 1974-75 academic year by all institutions of higher education in West Virginia are analyzed in this report. Variables analyzed include institutional control, sex of student, level of degree, and area of study. (JMF)

A series of tables is provided to identify the current tuition and fees structure of Rhode Island's public institutions of higher education: University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, and Rhode Island Junior College. These tables and tables showing tuition and fee structures among selected states provide the basis for a discussion of…

Some of the purposes of this Uniform Accounting Manual for the public junior colleges in Illinois are to provide the following: (1) guidelines for establishing a sound financial accounting system; (2) information on policies, procedures, and forms necessary to meet legal requirements of the State of Illinois for the public junior colleges; (3) a…