Search

Dr. Julianna M. Asperin Barnes South Orange County Community College District After a national search, Dr. Julianna M. Asperin Barnes was named chancellor of the South Orange County Community College [...]

There is considerable research generated about African Americans in higher education, specifically faculty. In fact, most studies concerning African Americans have focused on the retention of students or faculty (Wolfe [...]

For the last 33 years, I have enjoyed a successful pathway to becoming a CEO for a community college. My path is fairly traditional: faculty, program leader, dean, associate vice [...]

For nearly three decades, I have had the privilege of serving community college students. Regardless of my roles over the years, I can attest that true leadership is embedded in [...]

Abstract Community college partnerships with institutions in other educational sectors (including schools and universities) are important and strategic ways of meeting the educational needs of college constituents and maximizing resources [...]

This study examines the relationship between scheduling (3-, 2-, and 1-day-per-week classes) and achievement in college algebra. The study is grounded in spacing effect theory, which examines how variations in [...]

Arthur M. Cohen has spoken to community college leaders on a diverse array of issues for many years. This article focuses on his contributions to this leadership in three major [...]

A major part of Arthur M. Cohen's scholarly legacy is the archive of documents and journal articles catalogued by the ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges, which he led throughout its [...]

Community colleges serve a large and diverse student population. Vendors and community colleges would be well served by smaller database packages with focus on non-traditional studies. Untapped key elements vendors should consider in promoting sales with community colleges include: timely responses, practical license structures, and consistent database offerings. Fostering positive vendor/community college relationships is assisted by strategies to address current economic realities, customizing database contents, focus groups and other forums to communicate mutual needs and capabilities. Proactive librarians should assist vendors in understanding the unique needs of community colleges. KEYWORDS. Community colleges, California, collection development, library consortia, database selection, electronic resources

This study provides understanding of college readiness from the perspectives of older first-generation college students who transferred from community colleges. Results indicate that life experiences contribute to academic skills, time [...]

This article examines faculty and administrator support for strategic planning activities at two-year and four-year colleges and universities. Drawing data from public institutions in Kentucky, a state that has pursued [...]

Abstract It has become popular to compare the management of community colleges to business management. Given the proclivity recently to describe the community college in terms of a business, is [...]

Abstract High turnover rates in both faculty and leaders at community colleges mean an influx of new personnel who often require training to acclimate to working in a two-year college. [...]

Byline: John S. Levin (1) Keywords: community colleges; globalization; university colleges Abstract: This study focuses on the universitycolleges of the Canadian province of BritishColumbia, connecting the behaviors of managersand faculty to government policy andlegislation and determining that the responsesof managers and faculty can be construed inpart as responses to economic globalization. As such, this investigation observes thatglobal forces of change framed and affected theevolution of five community colleges in BritishColumbia to university colleges. As well,this study addresses cultural change withinBritish Columbia's university colleges,particularly to note if the baccalaureatedegree status of these institutions has broughtabout an alteration to the organizationalparadigm. Author Affiliation: (1) College of Education, North Carolina State University, Poe Hall 300, Campus Box 7801, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7801, USA Article History: Registration Date: 11/10/2004

Beginning in the early 1990s, learning communities (LCs)--deliberate restructuring of the curriculum to build a community of learners among students and faculty (Smith & Hunter, 1988)--began to be added to [...]

The position of Chief Academic Officer (CAO) at a community college is of critical importance to the success of the mission of the institution. Some scholars have suggested that the [...]

Introduction and Background In an era where the diminishing supply of qualified leaders has been well documented (Shults, 2001; Campbell, 2002) at the same time that the complexity and challenges [...]

This paper reports on the result of two case studies of innovative transfer agreements between urban community colleges and an elite private women's college. Transfer agreements between Miami-Dade Community College [...]

A distance-education organic chemistry program has been analyzed based on performance and attitudes of students in both a distance setting and a traditional setting. Small, rural community colleges often lack equipment, instruments, and instructor time and expertise to offer this subject, so their students may be at a disadvantage after transfer. Findings showed equivalent results for the two groups of students.

Community colleges remain isolated from other colleges, which makes it difficult to do any combined academic work. Isolation of educational institutions leads to redundancy in works and additional costs. These can be avoided by inter college interaction and combined work. Therefore, inter college communication needs to be enhanced through conventions, conferences, internet or Web facilities and e-mails.

Employees in the modern workplace are required not merely to follow instructions and procedures but more importantly to possess high-performance workplace skills. All companies should help promote the acquisition of high-performance workplace skills by the general workforce, since the quality of the entire workforce has an impact on the economy in general and on each company in particular. Companies can specify the high-performance workplace skills and provide inputs to community colleges so that the latter can modify their curricula to suit business needs., Most corporate executives realize that the job skill level of their workforce has a significant impact on the organization's bottom line. However, many do not appreciate the bottom-line impact of [...]

Community colleges provide various opportunities to students from different backgrounds and also boost the self-confidence of those students who suffer from very low levels of self-esteem. Cooperative education and internships provided by these colleges help students choose proper careers that help them become self-confident. Credit classes, special lab work and non-credit workshops also help students regain self-esteem.

The Clinton government proposes to restructure federal unemployment services by launching a strategy that will concentrate on training and retraining unemployed Americans with community colleges playing an important role. The government has realized the need for a highly skilled workforce and feels that community colleges are the best providers of good training at nominal prices.

On any given day on the campus of LaGuardia Community College, most students come to us from jobs, from other schools, and from caring for families and children. The college [...]

Research is presented concerning the advantages and disadvantages of community colleges in preparing and educating students entering the labor market. The preparation of students for their chosen careers is discussed.