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Peer reviewedPickens, Phyllis C. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1982
Discusses the role of the honor fraternity, Phi Theta Kappa, in recognizing student achievement and motivating student leadership and service at Burlington County College. Reviews the relationship of the college to the society and student responses. (DMM)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Community Colleges, Honor Societies, Student Development
Download full textGARRETT, LOUIS W.; SCHULTZ, RAYMOND E. – 1967
A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS SENT TO SELECTED ALUMNI AND CURRENT MEMBERS OF PHI THETA KAPPA TO DETERMINE (1) PRE-COLLEGE BACKGROUND, (2) JUNIOR COLLEGE ACTIVITIES, (3) TRANSFER SUCCESS, (4) OPINIONS ON JUNIOR COLLEGE, (5) COMPARISON OF JUNIOR AND SENIOR COLLEGES, (6) HONORS AND ACTIVITIES IN SENIOR COLLEGE, (7) UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE MAJORS, (8)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Career Choice, Careers
GOLD, BEN K. – 1967
PERFORMANCE OF 31 LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO ACHIEVED ACADEMIC HONORS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES GIVES FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT JUNIOR COLLEGES CAN PROVIDE GOOD PREPARATION FOR UPPER-DIVISION UNIVERSITY WORK. ALTHOUGH THREE QUARTERS OF THESE STUDENTS WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE UNIVERSITY ON COMPLETION OF HIGH SCHOOL,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Transfer Students, High Achievement, Honor Societies
Olivas, Michael A. – 1975
A survey was sent to the entire institutional membership of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges in spring 1975 in order to ascertain the extent of honors programs available for two-year college students of exceptional ability. Of the 1,270 institutions surveyed, 644 responded (51%). Results of the survey showed: (1) 47 of the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Community Colleges, Honor Societies, Honors Curriculum
Peer reviewedDeckelbaum, David – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1994
Suggests that community colleges have always offered programs designed to encourage the enrollment of high ability students, including formal honors programs, honors courses or societies, tuition incentives, and opportunities for independent study. Cites ERIC documents and journal articles reflecting the current literature on honors programs…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Community Colleges, Honor Societies, Honors Curriculum
ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges, Los Angeles, CA. – 1984
Honors programs are not a major part of the community college curriculum due to the colleges' focus on providing access to nontraditional students, as well as the feeling of some community college educators that honors programs are inherently elitist. A 1975 survey found that only 47 of 644 responding institutions had formalized honors programs. A…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Community Colleges, Curriculum Design
McKeague, Patricia M., Comp.; And Others – 1984
Drawing from a 1984 survey conducted by Moraine Valley Community College, this report provides composite and individual descriptions of 19 community college honors programs. Section I provides an overview of the survey on community college honors programs, which sought information on the organization of the program; the curriculum; and honors…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Honor Societies
Wright, Ted – 1982
In late 1980, a study was conducted at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) to determine how well the college was meeting the needs of its academically superior students. Questionnaires were sent to four groups of students enrolled in fall 1979: Scholar's Grant students, who ranked in the top 10% of their graduating high school class; Phi Theta…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Community Colleges, Honor Societies, Institutional Evaluation
Itawamba Community Coll., Fulton, MS. – 1999
Itwamba Community College is attempting to develop and implement a comprehensive honors program by the 2000-2001 academic year. The first students to graduate from the honors program will do so in May of 2001. In order to graduate with honors students must: (1) meet all of the requirements for a two-year degree with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Awards, Community Colleges, Compensation (Remuneration)
Stein, June – 1982
A follow-up study of Minneapolis Community College (MCC) initiates to Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), a national honorary fraternity for community colleges, was conducted to ascertain information on students' educational and employment experience since initiation and to obtain suggestions for additional courses and ways in which education at MCC could be…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Employment
Smith, Jean Burr, Ed. – Communitas: Journal of Connecticut Community Colleges, 1982
This issue of "Communitas" contains 12 articles by Connecticut community college professional staff. In "On the Higher Illiteracy in America," Grant Roti analyzes the grammatical and punctuation errors in a standard scholarly work. Edward Bollenbach's "Teaching Stress Management in the Community College Environment"…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Honor Societies
Oelke, Karl – 1998
This paper discusses attempts made by the author to reinvigorate the College Honors Program at Union County College in New Jersey (UCC). Created in 1985 to offer an enriched learning experience for exceptional liberal arts students, the Honors Program helps students develop their thinking skills and achieve academic success. However, due to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Community Colleges, Educational Resources
