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Lynch, James – 1980
The use of advanced placement in high school through the College Entrance Examination Board test and the offering of college courses for students at the high school level are considered. A survey of colleges and universities on the waiving of courses versus actual credit granting, the transferability of college credits earned while in high school,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Advanced Courses, Advanced Placement Programs, Articulation (Education)
Mehallis, Mantha Vlahos – 1980
The development and validation of an employer-centered action system for curriculum development and evaluation are described. The system used a descriptive/action research design whereby a research team interviewed all major employers in Broward County Florida in a two-year period. Results of an employer needs assessment and task analyses were…
Descriptors: Career Education, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Friedlander, Jack; Edwards, Sandra J. – 1980
Engineering instruction is examined as revealed in a study of science education at two-year colleges which involved a review of the literature, an analysis of the catalogs and class schedules of 175 institutions, and a survey of 144 engineering instructors. The report first presents a general profile of engineering technology education based on…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Instruction, Course Objectives
Smith, Donald K. – 1980
Planning by the University of Wisconsin system for rational management of projected enrollment and fiscal decline is considered. It is suggested that a change in a college or university's mission may be an instrument for enabling a particular institution to meet unusual problems of declining resources. The elimination and consolidation of courses…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Curriculum, College Planning, College Role
Hruby, Norbert J. – 1980
In a second edition, this book reports on the Aquinas College, a Catholic, coeducational, liberal arts college in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The original text on the steps taken by the college to remain viable during the difficult circumstances of the seventies is supplemented by an epilogue in which the results of the Aquinas College reassessment of…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Catholic Schools, Change Strategies, Church Related Colleges
Johnson, Glenn Ross – 1980
Views of academic affairs officers in U.S. state-supported senior colleges and universities concerning curriculum development were surveyed. A random sample of 217 state institutions listed in the 1979-80 "Education Directory for Colleges and Universities" participated. Respondents rated 19 questions on a Likert-type scale. Based on the findings…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Attitudes, College Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Ireland, Rochelle – 1979
A survey of 42 faculty members in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) was conducted to aid in the development of a spelling course for VCCS students; 21 questionnaires were returned. The survey investigated causes of spelling problems, possible solutions, most common types of errors, curricula in which students have most spelling…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Guides
Marty, Myron A. – 1979
Steps must be taken to upset the academic equilibrium that sustains the dearth of humanities in community college curricula. Accommodation to institutional and societal factors have forced an emphasis on practical rather than liberal arts courses, and provided for an incomplete curriculum that does not help the student meet humanistic educational…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Larsson, Robert D. – 1978
In order to determine whether there were compelling reasons for Schenectady County Community College (SCCC) to change its quarter calendar, and which calendar would be most appropriate to the college and most responsive to the problems that made the change seem desirable, previous calendar change studies were reviewed and administrators of…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Enrollment Influences, Feasibility Studies
Churchman, David A.; Hellweg, Susan A. – 1979
Changing student needs and strategies for adapting college or university programs to meet these needs are discussed. Significant changes in the composition of student enrollments during the past 30 years include an increase in the number of veterans, minorities, handicapped, older adults, women, and foreign students. Four possible strategies are…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, College Choice, College Curriculum
Hobert, Freemont; Smith, Art – 1978
This manual provides guidelines for implementing the articulation process for vocational/technical programs at California community colleges as set up by the 71 Regional Adult and Vocational Education Councils. An introductory section reviewing the adaptation of the process to local needs, selection of participants, staff and program, basic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Articulation (Education), College Curriculum, Community Colleges
Sowell, Thomas; Bailey, Ronald Beresford – 1975
Although the systematic study of black people is much needed and long overdue, black studies programs as they exist are faced with problems and pressures concerning the way they have been created. Responding to black students demand for such programs, in some cases colleges have acted in haste and neither have recruited well-trained,…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, African Culture, African History, Black Culture
Haswell, Harold A., Ed.; Lindquist, Clarence B., Ed. – 1965
There is great diversity among institutions of higher education in their requirements for various curriculums. This report, which is concerned only with the broad requirements as percentages of total requirements, analyzes the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science curriculums in six undergraduate areas that account for about one-half of all…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Bachelors Degrees, College Curriculum, Courses
Weathers, Winston; And Others – 1970
Three articles describe three programs for the improved teaching of prose composition. Winston Weathers in "Prose Composition and Modern Awareness" (from "Oklahoma English Bulletin," 1968) argues that English teachers need to be more innovative in the teaching of composition and more willing to accept a variety of writing habits, procedures, and…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Communication Skills, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Waters, Kathleen A.; Hanken, Mary Alice – 1974
Objectives of a 3-year articulation project were (1) to design and put into effect a curriculum for medical record personnel which would provide educational progression for associate arts degree medical record technicians to baccalaureate degree medical record administration programs, (2) to research, classify, and compare curriculum content of…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Allied Health Occupations Education, Articulation (Education)