Community College Review articles from December 1999

Community College Review archives from December 1999

Background Factors Common among Outstanding Community College Presidents.
December 22, 1999... A survey instrument requesting demographic and background information mailed to a population of 975 presidents of public two-year college elicited 718 responses. Based on peer selection, 622 respondents were classified as normative and 96 as...

A Qualitative Study of Women's Experiences in Community College Leadership Positions.
December 22, 1999... The authors present and analyze, qualitative data collected during interviews with 30 senior female administrators working at community colleges in the Midwest. Theoretical and inductively oriented analyses revealed three patterns of leadership...

Editors' Choice Mentoring: The Association of California Community Colleges Project.
December 22, 1999... The author describes a mentoring program developed by the Association of California Community Colleges to provide one-year mentoring experiences between veteran administrators and administrative staff who aspire to leadership positions. Sample...

Faculty Development in a National Sample of Community Colleges.
December 22, 1999... The author defines the activities that distinguish successful development programs and describes a survey administered in 1998 to faculty development officers at 250 randomly selected community colleges. Based on responses from 130 colleges,...

A Comparison of Grading Patterns between Full- and Part-Time Humanities Faculty: A Preliminary Study.
December 22, 1999... The author analyzed grades submitted over three consecutive spring semesters by 6 full-time and 12 part-time humanities faculty at a community college in New Jersey to determine if differences could be distinguished based on faculty status,...

ERIC Review U.S. Community Colleges and China's Counterpart Institutions.
December 22, 1999... After providing an overview of the higher education sector in China, the authors discuss its challenges with a particular emphasis on the role played by junior colleges and vocational institutions that award two- or three-year degrees. Their...

Thinking about Teaching and Learning: Developing Habits of Learning with First-Year College and University Students.(Review)
December 22, 1999... Thinking about Teaching and Learning: Developing Habits of Learning with First-Year College and University Students by Robert Leamnson. Stylus Publishing, Sterling, Virginia. 1999, 256 pages. $22.50 (Paper) ISBN 1-579-22013-4; $45.00 (Cloth)...

Teaching and Learning Models for Community College Instruction.(Review)
December 22, 1999... Teaching and Learning Models for Community College Instruction by Dale Maeder. Academic Publishing Service, Binghamton, NY. 1998, 364 pages, $31.50 (Paper) ISBN 8-891-80410-X. On-line teaching and Internet education are changing the face of...

The Community College Presidency at the Millennium.(Review)
December 22, 1999... The Community College Presidency at the Millennium by George B. Vaughan and Iris M. Weisman. Community College Press, Washington, D.C. 1998, 173 pages. $26 AACC members or $33 nonmembers (Paper, ISBN 0-87117-311-5). In The Community...