Michigan State University Extension
Diversity and Pluralism - 11120130
12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED097926 AUTHOR:
TITLE: The Future of the Community-Junior College.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1974
NOTE: 97 p.; Proceedings of Conference in Higher Education
(Boston, Massachusetts, June 1974)
AVAILABILITY: Division of Higher Education, Boston College,
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02167 ($3.00)
ABSTRACT: Papers presented at a conference on the future of
community colleges are presented. The papers are as
follows:
"Pluralism, Diversity and the Needed Revolution in
Assessment" by Virginia B. Smith; "In Reply to the
Pessimist" by Edward T. O'Donnell; "The Now College at the
Crossroads" by Harold Shively; "What Is the Future of
Community Colleges?" by Joseph Cosand; "Changing Social
Forces and Higher Education" by General James Gavin; and
"From Class to Mass Education: The People's Republic of
China and the U.S.A." by William M. Birenbaum. In addition,
the minutes of eight forums held are provided. The topics
discussed in the forums were: I. Politics, the Legislative
Process and the Community College; II. Money Stretching:
Managing the Dollar; III. New Directions for New Students
Coming Through the Open Door; IV. The Future of the Private
and Proprietary Colleges; V. Meeting the Needs of the Inner
City; VI. Innovation: Community Colleges on the Cutting
Edge; VII. Career, Technical and Vocational Education:
Where Is It Going? and VIII. How to Recognize and Encourage
Good Teaching. (DB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Career-Education; Conference-Reports;
Educational-Innovation; Postsecondary-Education; Student
Characteristics; Teacher-Education; Technical-Education;
Vocational-Education
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *College-Role; *Community-Colleges;
*Educational-Finance; *Educational-Planning; *Social
Influences
This is an ERIC database document. ERIC is the National
Education Information Network for providing ready access to
the literature of education - descriptions of exemplary
programs, research and development efforts, and related
information that can be used in developing more effective
educational programs. The ERIC database is currently
available on CD-ROM in the main library (ground floor of
the West Wing) at Michigan State University.To locate ERIC
documents in the library: identify the first line of each
record (i.e., the field ERIC TITLE NUMBER). ED following
ERIC TITLE NUMBER indicates an ERIC document, an
unpublished research study.
Most of these items are available in the Micrforms Library,
located on the 3rd floor of the West Wing. All you need is
the six digit ED number.
If EJ follows ERIC TITLE NUMBER the item is a journal
article. The complete journal name islisted after the code
JOURNAL.
To find the call number and location of a journal you may
use the printed JOURNALS INDEXED IN C.I.J.E. located at the
ERIC CD-ROM workstation and at the Cosial Sciences and
Humanities/GovernmentDocuments Reference Desk. You may also
type the journal name, without the dashes "-" , into a
MAGIC terminal.
This information is for educational purposes only. References
to commercial products or trade names does not imply
endorsement by MSU Extension or bias against those not
mentioned. This information becomes public property upon
publication and may be printed verbatim with credit to MSU
Extension. Reprinting cannot be used to endorse or advertise
a commercial product or company.
This file was generated from data base DP on 06/25/02.
Data base DP was last revised on 12/95/ .
For more information about this data base or its contents please contact
cook@msue.msu.edu . Please read our
disclaimer for important
information about using our site.