Transfer capital is another factor that may influence students’ success in transferring to a four-year university (Laanan,2004,2007). Community colleges provide students with an opportunity to accumulate different forms of capital, called transfer capital, that enable them to develop the skills necess...
Reports on the state ballot initiatives relevant to community colleges in the United States, passed in November 2000. Tax hikes and bond measures for school construction; Classroom technology improvements; Increases in faculty salaries.EBSCO_bspVocational Training Newsletter...
Post-secondary education is not one-size-fits-all: For a path to manufacturing, many turn to community colleges offering advanced manufacturing training.
VA. COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO EVALUATE SAFETYThe article reports on emergency preparedness procedures being discussed within the Virginia Community College system. Chancellor Glenn DuBois notes that the randomness of...
Community colleges serve nearly half of all undergraduates, including a disproportionate share of African American and Hispanic students, and are a key point of access to higher education for students who face socioeconomic disadvantages or other obstacles to participation in higher education. Community ...
Collaboration, Creativity and Learning in a Play Community: A Study of The University of There This paper is the first in a series presenting findings from a yearlong mixed-methods study of the University of There (UOT), a player-run distributed learning community within the online graphical 3D...
Currently, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education rates the University as a “green light” institution. Green light institutions are those colleges and universities whose policies “nominally protect free speech”, according to the FIRE website...
- - - - - - This report focuses mainly on my own experiences in 'learning by doing'. The main aim was, by teaching at a community college and a university abroad, to compare whether the same teaching methods would apply to both student groups. The students at the community college were...
POSTCOLLEGE EARNINGS OF FORMER STUDENTS OF CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES: Methods, Analysis, and Implications In the wake of new federal and state mandates,community colleges are faced with demands to provideaccountability reports on student outcomes. With the useo... JR Sanchez,FSLC Wiseley - 《Re...
(SFT) are organizations that offer opportunities for farmers to connect with expertise and support, while learning about and utilizing more sustainable farming methods. Both of these organizations aim to secure positive changes in policy and gain public support for farming using sustainability as theme...