Community College Review articles from September 1998

Community College Review archives from September 1998

Supplemental Instruction, Learning Communities, and Students Studying Together.
September 22, 1998... This study was designed to investigate the extent to which peer relations increased among students who participated in a modified program of supplemental instruction at a community college. Peer relations have been examined as a subset of...

A Study of White, Black, and Hispanic Students' Transition to a Community College.
September 22, 1998... Student transition from school or work to college is a complex and challenging process. Many experiences are common among first-time freshmen, such as confusion over the enrollment process, concerns about finances, and the need to balance their...

In over Our Heads: Applying Kegan's Theory of Development to Community College Students.
September 22, 1998... An epiphany enables you to sense creation not as something completed, but as constantly becoming, evolving, ascending. (Matt, 1995) While training increases the fund of knowledge, education leads us out of or...

Evaluating Placement and Developmental Studies Programs at a Technical Institute: Using ACT's Underprepared Student Follow-up Report.
September 22, 1998... Technical schools and community colleges serve very diverse student populations, many of whom are high-risk students underprepared for college studies (Wattenbarger & McLeod, 1988; Newman, 1994; Roueche & Roueche, 1993; Smittle, 1995). Because...

Honors Programs in Community Colleges: A Review of Recent Issues and Literature.
September 22, 1998... This review of honors programs and their curricula in comprehensive community colleges is based upon an examination of prescriptive literature outlining such programs and on reports about a number of them, either by researchers or participants....