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| Change | 8 |
Author
| Cohen, Arthur M. | 1 |
| Greenwood, Noel | 1 |
| Harper, William A. | 1 |
| Janassen, Peter A. | 1 |
| Lombardi, John | 1 |
| Wilms, Wellford W. | 1 |
| Wilms, Willford | 1 |
| Yarrington, Roger | 1 |
| Zoglin, Mary Lou | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Opinion Papers | 4 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
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Peer reviewedZoglin, Mary Lou – Change, 1982
The role of the community college and how declining resources affect its mission toward the U.S. goal of equal opportunity are discussed. The transfer mission, occupational program, developmental/remedial program, and community education or adult education program are described. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Community Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Peer reviewedCohen, Arthur M.; Lombardi, John – Change, 1979
The role of the community colleges in career education, compensatory education, community education, and transfer education is discussed in terms of its development in the 1970s and its future in the 1980s. (JMF)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Role, Community Colleges, Community Education
Peer reviewedGreenwood, Noel – Change, 1973
Los Angeles Trade Tech is the trade-vocational branch of the 8-campus Los Angeles Community College system, and is a first-rate public trade-vocational institution. (Author/PG)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Higher Education, Technical Education, Trade and Industrial Education
Peer reviewedJanassen, Peter A. – Change, 1975
In the mid-1960's the Navaho tribal council created a two-year community college but it has had many problems educating students who have previously known only Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools. (KE)
Descriptors: American Indians, Career Education, Community Colleges, Educationally Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedWilms, Willford – Change, 1975
A research study comparing vocational success of proprietary schools and public community college graduates, serves to demonstrate the distortion of research findings when those findings are contrary to the expectations of special interest groups and its effect on public policy. (KE)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Postsecondary Education, Proprietary Schools, Public Opinion
Peer reviewedYarrington, Roger – Change, 1981
A review of George B. Vaughan's introductory article for the series "New Directions for Community Colleges" is presented, including summaries of critical works on community colleges and pieces by authors who reexamine their own criticisms. Observations of "outsiders" are seen as essential to community college leaders. (MLW)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, College Role, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedHarper, William A. – Change, 1977
The economy has dramatized for educators the need for educators to make teaching and learning more responsive to the world of work. The efforts of the AACJC are described with regard to education-work councils, occupational safety and health, women in occupational education, and a joint study with the American Vocational Association. (LBH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Employed Women
Peer reviewedWilms, Wellford W. – Change, 1987
A large and growing part of American postsecondary education, proprietary schools, offer lessons for traditional institutions in attracting new students in a career-oriented market. Effective marketing is important since proprietary schools compete not only with each other, but also with public community colleges. Specific schools and agencies are…
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Colleges, Competition, Court Litigation
