Auburn University Profiles was a weekly radio program produced by Auburn University's Office of University Relations. Each daily program covered a topic of university, local, or national interest. Programs were about 4 1/2 minutes long and featured students, faculty, administrators, visiting scholars and celebrities.
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This four-part thesis explores the development of enrollment management in higher education and assesses the impact of marketing on recruitment and retention. Part 1 examines the concept of enrollment management, a coordinated approach to marketing, recruitment, and retention efforts which emerged almost a decade ago in response to declining numbers of college-age students. This section includes chapters describing several models of enrollment management at two- and four-year colleges, and...
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Beginning in fall 1991, Napa Valley College (NVC), in California, switched from essentially mandatory placement of incoming students to an advisory, self-selection system, where students receive course recommendations based on assessment test results. In order to evaluate the validity of NVC's assessment procedures, a study was conducted of assessed students' self-placement and success rates for fall 1991 and spring 1992. Students assessed prior to these semesters were divided into two groups,...
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In an effort to evaluate the occupational success of graduates and to determine how well academic programs prepare students for work, Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) regularly conducts surveys of employers of PVCC graduates. In 1993, surveys were sent to the employers of 47 graduates from the class of 1990-91 who had previously given permission for their employers to be contacted. Usable responses were received from 32 employers, for a response rate of 68.1%. Survey findings included...
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The California Community Colleges are in the midst of a reform process initiated by Assembly Bill 1725. A major goal of the bill is to fund colleges' staff development efforts. In an effort to transform the campus organizational culture from one of predominant competitiveness to collaboration, El Camino College (ECC) in Torrance, California, initiated a comprehensive training program in the management principles of Total Quality Management (TQM). In May 1989, 39 administrators, classified...
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In May 1991, a survey was conducted of businesses and industries in the Mid-Mon Valley in Pennsylvania to develop a profile of the companies, determine their competitiveness and expansion since completion of a 1987 Business Outreach Survey, determine their use of technology, identify training needs for the Mid-Mon Valley, and examine how companies work with local schools at all levels. A total of 139 companies were contacted, and 75 responded for a 54% response rate. Major findings of the study...
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Designed to assist community college administrators and faculty in enhancing vocational education programs and services, this resource package on multi-media instruction contains information on successful program strategies and ideas currently in use in vocational education programs in the California Community Colleges (CCC). Following a brief background narrative identifying the various types of multi-media instruction, this report presents individual case studies outlining the following...
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The use of the teaching portfolio and student evaluations in evaluating 97 faculty members at a community college for contract renewal was studied. Two faculty peers and a dean evaluated the portfolios of each teacher. Deans also visited classrooms. Portfolios could include material about students that reflected their learning, material from the faculty member, and material from others with a bearing on teacher performance. The student evaluations correlated reasonably well and on similar...
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A study was conducted of the financial aid awarded to students in the University and Community College System of Nevada (UCCSN) in 1991-92. Study findings included the following: (1) financial aid awards to students attending UCCSN institutions amounted to $43,549,673 in 1992-92; (2) of the $43.5 million awarded, $22,958,948 (52.7%) was in federal assistance, $11,914,900 (27.4%) was in state assistance, $1,507,631 (3.5%) was in institutional assistance, and $7,168,194 (16.5%) was in assistance...
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A study was conducted at North Shore Community College (NSCC) to determine whether there was a particular score on the General Education Development (GED) Writing Skills Test that would predict a passing score for GED recipients on the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) General English Composition Examination. A total of 73 GED recipients participated in the study. Each had received a standard score of 50 or above on the GED Writing Skills Test, received a total score of 225 or above on...
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An English/reading steering committee was formed in the 1992-93 academic year at Miami-Dade Community College, in Florida, to recommend college-wide procedures and guidelines for including a writing sample on placement tests for entering students. The committee pilot tested a writing sample in two college-preparatory and one college-level English classes in winter 1992 to determine any improvement in student placement; the mechanics (i.e., time, format, etc.) of adding a sample; and the...
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In an attempt to aid telecourse faculty with various aspects of administering telecourses, Charles County Community College (CCCC), in La Plata, Maryland, has produced a manual designed to foster coherence in telecourse instruction. Introductory material explains that the manual is distributed on disk so that can be updated easily and discusses the place of telecourses in CCCC's curriculum. Subsequent sections focus on: (1) the process by which decisions about which telecourses to offer are...
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This manual was developed for use in conducting inservice staff development workshops to provide staff working in English as a Second Language (ESL) programs at community colleges and other institutions with the skills necessary to provide effective vocational training and career counseling to limited English proficient (LEP) persons. The manual, which is designed for use by persons with inservice experience and with basic knowledge of cross-cultural education, language acquisition, and...
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The Florida Board of Community Colleges conducted a survey of the current state of preparatory programs (i.e., math, reading, English, and English as a Second Language (ESL)) in the state's 28 community colleges. Data was gathered through a literature search, a survey of directors of developmental programs, Bureau of Research and Information Systems records, and site visits at seven colleges. The data indicated that 103,679 students were enrolled in preparatory courses in 1992-93, representing...
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The Eastern Iowa Community College District (EICCD) libraries received a federal College Library Technology and Cooperation grant to provide and link public access catalogs at each college of the district--Clinton Community College, Muscatine Community College, and Scott Community College. That network is named Quad-LINC (Quad Cities Libraries in Cooperation). Quad-LINC is located in the Quad Cities area of western Illinois and eastern Iowa. An online computer terminal and a compact disk...
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In November 1993, Harrisburg Area Community College, in Pennsylvania, sent questionnaires to 1,138 graduates from the 1992-93 academic year seeking information about their employment or educational status and their perceptions of the extent to which their educational objectives were achieved. Responses were received from 885 graduates, for a response rate of 77.8%. An analysis of survey responses indicated the following: (1) 61.5% were female, closely matching their percentage in the general...
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This reports summarizes 1993-1994 program year developments in Iowa's vocational and applied technology programs funded under the 1990 Perkins Act. The following topics are covered in the report's 12 chapters: progress made in developing performance standards and actual performance standards/core measures developed; secondary, postsecondary, and adult occupational preparation programs; programs for single parents, displaced homemakers, and single pregnant women; sex equity programs/activities;...
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This document presents statistical data about vocational-technical education (VTE) in Ohio in 1993-94 and summarizes the mission and 1993-94 activities of the Ohio Council on Vocational Education (OCOVE). Presented first is a fact sheet on VTE in 1993-94. The next sections explain the structure and purpose of the OCOVE and summarize its involvement in vocationally related conferences, on- and off-site program evaluation/review, statewide planning, and evaluation. OCOVE's recommendations to the...
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As the community college student population increases in age, the number of older-than-average (OTA) students with physical and learning handicaps increases. Physical handicaps to learning can include back problems, carpal tunnel syndrome, and hearing or eye-sight problems. Students may not be aware of solutions, however, and instructors may not recognize the problems. At Portland Community College (PCC) (Oregon), a formal program exists to aid learning disabled and physically limited students....
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This handbook, which is one in a series of handbooks designed to help tech prep practitioners replicate successful materials, projects, or programs that have been developed by Partnership for Academic and Career Education (PACE) consortium members, presents 10 recommendations concerning integrating work- based learning into comprehensive tech prep programs. Discussed first are the background research and information that helped shape the recommendations. The remainder of the handbook is devoted...
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During the 1993-94 program year, more than 1.2 million Californians were enrolled in vocational education (VE) at a secondary high school, adult education program, or regional occupational center. An additional 1.2 million Californians were enrolled in community college VE programs. VE services were provided to significant numbers of students with disabilities, limited English proficiency, and disadvantages and also to significant numbers of incarcerated youths and adults. Among the major VE...
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This report provides data on the goals and outcomes of a consortium established in 1994 by public and private safety agencies and community colleges in California. The opening sections describe the formation of the consortium, indicating that its main goals are to reduce duplication of public safety course offerings at adjacent locations; create an inventory of resources that could be shared; implement a centrally-located computerized schedule of course offerings to publicize training dates,...
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The Mississippi Community College Fellowship Program (MCCFP), a project of the Department of Educational Leadership at Mississippi State University, is designed to assist in the identification, development, and training of the state's future community college leaders. Two participants are nominated by each of the 16 public community college presidents. The year-long program consists of the following activities: attending a leadership retreat; developing a service project and a professional...
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As part of an application for a federal grant, College of the Canyons, in California, conducted a study to determine the number of fall 1992 students from families with low income levels and their racial/ethnic groups. Low income was defined as an amount equal to 150% of the poverty income level established by the United States Bureau of the Census. Low annual income for a family of 2 would be an amount equal to or below $13,785, or $20,925 for a family of 4. The college gathered data on...
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In an effort to determine success in fostering student development as well-rounded human beings, Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) undertook a study of student achievement related to significant learning outcomes established by the college. The study focused on four measures of achievement: results from a spring 1995 administration of the Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP), results from a spring 1995 American College Testing College Outcomes Survey (COS) report, an NMC plan...
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This survey gathered information on programs at institutions of higher education that are designed to increase the access of educationally or economically disadvantaged elementary and secondary students to higher education. In addition the study aimed to compare Upward Bound, one prominent federally funded program, with others around the nation. Only the largest programs (based on funding) at each institution were included in the survey. Data were collected from two-year and four-year...
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The factors related to successful implementation of Georgia Statewide Academic and Medical System (GSAMS) credit courses at technical institutes were examined in a statewide study of teacher and student satisfaction with GSAMS. The six faculty members who taught distance learning class via GSAMS were interviewed, and the 62 students enrolled in GSAMS courses during winter 1995 were surveyed. Of the 57 (92%) students who responded, 91% were highly satisfied and 7% were somewhat satisfied with...
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This document outlines the curriculum of Louisiana's accounting technology associate degree program, which is a 6-term (77-credit hour) competency-based program designed to prepare students for employment as accounting technicians providing technical administrative support to professional accountants and other financial management personnel. Presented first are a description of the program and a list of the general education (behavioral science, humanities, mathematics, and natural and applied...
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In fall 1994, New York's Bronx Community College (BCC) conducted a study of the usefulness of 50 variables in predicting the academic performance of students readmitted to the college following academic suspension. The sample consisted of 86 academically suspended students readmitted to the BCC for fall 1994. The 50 variables examined included scores on the City University of New York placement tests, Maudsley Personality Inventory, Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes, 8 educational history...
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This paper reports on a small college's efforts to interest more psychology majors in research projects and to help all students enrolled in psychology courses improve their research and writing skills. Rather than have their students complete a literature review or term paper within the confines of one semester, faculty introduced a step-by-step procedure in which student research is incorporated into the psychology program sequence. Outlined here is the sequence of courses devised for the...
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The governing board of Arizona's Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) has developed a strategic conversations format to ensure interaction with the college community and continuous quality improvement in the governance process. The use of strategic conversations facilitates communication with the community to help understand issues facing the MCCCD and inform governing board decision-making. Strategic conversations are publicized as informal meetings of the college and external...
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In November 1994, the California State University (CSU) system developed a proposal to eliminate remedial education for entering undergraduate students, offering this proposal as a solution to raise the system's standards. However, the CSU has presented no research showing evidence of the problem that the proposal is intended to solve. Further, while the CSU presumably holds K-12 and community colleges accountable for the availability of students prepared to enter college-level English and...
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To gather data on attitudes related to the advisability of proposing a property tax increase to provide additional college support, Glendale Community College (GCC), in California, held four focus group meetings with classified employees. Following letters and electronic mail messages sent to all classified employees inviting them to participate, 29 full-time classified staff volunteered to participate in hour-long focus groups held at four times on July 1, 1996. All but one of the participants...
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Representing Phase I of the planning process at Westchester Community College (WCC), in New York, this plan sets forth a vision and a framework for college-wide action related to academic, administrative, facilities, and budgetary planning to 1998. Following a list of planning committee members, an introduction describes the process used to prepare the strategic plan and its purposes. The next sections provide WCC's mission statement and list the following eight strategic planning goals: (1)...
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Based on a Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) Life Management Retreat held in June 1996, this two-part compilation provides instructional resources and teaching strategies developed by life management faculty in California's community colleges. Following an introduction to the teaching of life and home management and a list of retreat participants, part 1 provides the following instructional resources: (1) a description of a life management course and its core...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills, Educational...
Providing a case study of instructional organization and evaluation processes in Quebec's "Colleges d'enseignement general et professionnel" (CEGEPs), this report describes the provincial Commission on the Evaluation of Collegiate Teaching and a 1994 evaluation of "Techniques d'education en services de garde" (TESG), or child care education, programs at CEGEP Saint-Jerome. Following introductory materials, the first part reviews the creation of the Commission in 1993,...
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For over 15 years, Tennessee's Chattanooga State Technical Community College has been offering non-traditional, distance education to reach "niches" of students who would otherwise find it difficult to attain a college education. Begun in 1979 with a laboratory-based independent study program offering a mix of purchased and locally-developed courses, the distance program has since broadened to include an Instructional Television Fixed Service system, videocassettes mailed to students'...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Community Colleges, Distance Education, Educational Television,...
