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Download full textSheldon, Debra; Yong, Channing – 2001
This is a report on how California community college districts have been using their allocation of Partnership for Excellence (PFE) dollars for the 2000-2001 fiscal year. Information is gathered from all 108 California community colleges. The colleges report how they have used PFE funds to address the following five community college focus areas…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Role, Community Colleges, Degrees (Academic)
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Olympia. Education Div. – 1999
This report focuses on total welfare enrollments in two-year colleges and the enrollments in four new WorkFirst training programs that started in fall 1998. The new programs initiate a wage and skill progression strategy that gets WorkFirst students started in better jobs than they could find without training and helps them to advance in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, English (Second Language)
Leis, Andrea – 1993
Data were collected between July and November 1992 to identify ways in which the Ontario Basic Skills (OBS) and Formation de base de l'Ontario (FBO) programs had helped learners progress toward further training or employment. It also identified the partnerships and collaborative efforts within Conestoga College and beyond that added to the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Canada Natives, Community Colleges
North Carolina Community Coll. System, Raleigh. – 1991
The North Carolina Department of Community Colleges (NCDCC) prepared this reference manual as a resource guide for planning and implementing continuing education (CE) courses. The manual includes essential information on courses, rules, resources, and procedures that are appropriate to course implementation and operation of a continuing education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Basic Skills, College Curriculum
Miami-Dade Community Coll., FL. Div. of Educational Technologies. – 1992
With funds from the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation, Project SYNERGY was launched in January 1990 to address the problem of students entering colleges underprepared in basic skills and to make use of the tremendous potential for significant remediation through computers. Twenty-two institutions in the United States and Canada,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
Abadir, Laila; And Others – 1993
The effects of mastery learning strategies, interactive video mathematics (IVM), individualized instruction (IND), and the lecture method on mathematics achievement of community college students was studied. Interactions among instructional methods, gender, and age were examined; and the grade success rate was determined for each instructional…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
Report on the Family Support Act of 1988 Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Training Program.
Visdos, Robert J.; Malley, Mary R. – 1990
Intended to assist two-year colleges in understanding the educational aspects of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Training Program, this five-part report provides a brief summary of the intent of the program, as well as suggestions regarding ways two-year colleges can become involved. The sections of the report offer information on…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Legislation, Employment
Taylor, Marjorie; And Others – 1991
Mt. Hood Community College (Oregon), International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Union Local 162, Fred Meyer, Inc., and Oregon Trucking Association, Inc. offered training to improve study, test taking, and basic and critical reading skills and prepare drivers to pass the Commercial Driver's License test before April, 1992. Training was targeted for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Vincennes Univ., IN. – 1994
Compiled to assist advisors at Vincennes University (VU), a two-year college in Indiana, as well as high school counselors and prospective students, this book provides information on placement at VU and entry-level skills needed for success in specific programs, majors, or courses. A brief introduction describes the objectives of the skills guide…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Community Colleges
Woodruff, Barbara Bilson, Ed.; And Others – Inside English, 1991
With each issue focusing on a different theme, volume 19 of "Inside English" looks at the cultural diversity in the community college curriculum, teaching literature at all levels, teaching writing at all levels, and the challenge of teaching English in the 1990's. In addition to regular columns on the English Council of California Two-Year…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College English, Community Colleges, Cultural Differences
Woodruff, Barbara Bilson, Ed. – Inside English, 1988
Designed primarily for English faculty at community colleges in California, "Inside English" includes articles on instructional innovations in teaching remedial writing, literature courses, and freshman composition, and on major curricular, administrative, and employment issues in the field. The first issue of volume 15 focuses primarily on…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College English, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
Belcher, Marcia J. – 1989
In response to decreasing nursing program enrollments, less qualified enrollees, and decreasing scores on the national licensing board exams, a study was conducted at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) to examine factors that might contribute to success or failure among students entering the nursing program. In order to identify "high risk"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Preparation, Community Colleges
Morris, Cathy – 1984
A study was conducted at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) to provide data on the basic skills performance of first-time-in-college students who graduated from area public high schools between August 1982 and September 1983 and enrolled at MDCC in fall 1983. The entering basic skills performance of students who graduated in the top 20% of their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Freshmen, Community Colleges
Belcher, Marcia J.; Einspruch, Eric – 1988
In 1988, a study was conducted at Miami-Dade Community College to explain declining scores on the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) since 1984. Specifically, the study sought to determine whether students had changed in terms of their basic skills at college entry, native language, needs for English as a Second Language instruction,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, English (Second Language), Grade Point Average
Hobbs, Ruby L., Comp. – 1988
This report on the effectiveness of Shelby State Community College's (SSCC) Academic and Developmental Services (A/D) Program consists primarily of statistical tables that describe three cohorts of full- and part-time students; i.e., those currently enrolled students who entered the college in fall 1985, 1986, or 1987. Data are presented on basic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
