Community College Review articles from March 2000

Community College Review archives from March 2000

Institutional Expenditure Patterns and the Facilitation of Mission.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2000... The authors examine the relationship between institutional spending patterns and performance funding standards at the 14 public community colleges in Tennessee, the first state to implement performance funding standards for its community...

Multiple Realities: Characteristics of Loan Defaulters at a Two-Year Public Institution.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2000... Data from the National Student Loan Data System and a college's student data base for cohort years 1993, 1994, and 1995 yielded descriptive statistics on 260 borrowers who defaulted on student loans at one public two-year college. After...

Faculty Computer Use and Training: Identifying Distinct Needs for Different Populations.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2000... A quantitative survey directed at all faculty at a California urban community college yielded data from 117 faculty about computer use, competency, and attitudes toward using computers. Correlation analysis, multiple regression, and Ordinary...

Editors' Choice: Technology Refresh--A Multi-College Approach.
March 22, 2000... The author describes a cooperative purchasing effort initiated by Florida community colleges and extended to all the state's postsecondary institutions that has resulted in some $33 million in savings on computer technology purchases for...

ERIC REVIEW: Service Learning in the Community College.
March 22, 2000... After presenting a comprehensive definition of service learning in postsecondary education, the author reviews the literature on service learning at community colleges. In addition to discussing national initiatives to promote service learning...

Promise and Dilemma: Perspectives on Racial Diversity and Higher Education.(Review)
March 22, 2000... Promise and Dilemma: Perspectives on Racial Diversity and Higher Education by Eugene Y. Lowe. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 1999, 206 pages. $29.95, Cloth, ISBN 0-691-00489-7. In March 1996, the annual Princeton Conference on...

Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace: Effective Strategies for the Online Classroom.(Review)
March 22, 2000... Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace: Effective Strategies for the Online Classroom by Rena M. Palloff and Keith Pratt. Jossey-Bass Publishing, San Francisco, California. 1999, 206 pages, $29.95, Paper, ISBN 0-7879-4460-2. The...