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  1. Competencies needed by teachers of developmental English in two-year colleges

    Smith, Margaret LittleVirginia Tech1977

    The two-year college system operates primarily under an open-door admission policy which admits many students who are academically deficient in their writing skills. To meet the needs of these students, many colleges have designed and implemented developmental English courses which, unfortunately, …

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  2. Comparison of Distance Education Leadership Styles and Future Investment in Two-Year Colleges

    Schrenk, Ryan R

    … <p>There were 55 respondents from two-year colleges belonging to the American Association of Community Colleges. Findings indicated that these Distance Education Leaders scored markedly higher (and above the norm) in Transformational Leadership style scales than did past MLQ-5X …

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  3. Comparison of Distance Education Leadership Styles and Future Investment in Two-Year Colleges

    Schrenk, Ryan R

    … <p>There were 55 respondents from two-year colleges belonging to the American Association of Community Colleges. Findings indicated that these Distance Education Leaders scored markedly higher (and above the norm) in Transformational Leadership style scales than did past MLQ-5X …

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  4. Faculty Engagement with Learning Outcomes Assessment: A Study of Public Two-Year Colleges in Colorado

    Williams, Jennifer Lynn2001

    … and/or practices. This issue emerged in two primary ways within the Scholarship of Assessment (SoA) body of literature: (1) as a misalignment of learning outcomes assessment practices between faculty and their institutions, and (2) as a lack of transparency concerning what faculty are, in …

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  5. The retention status of students enrolled in academic and vocational curricula in two-year colleges

    Tinsley, Anne Glenn GatesVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University1981

    The study of retention was approached by looking at selected characteristics of students and making a determination of the effects those characteristics had on retention status. Selected variables were ability, socioeconomic status, sex, race, high school program, high school grades, educational …

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  6. Policy Implications Concerning Distance Education as Perceived by Faculty at Public Two-Year Colleges in Georgia

    Lucas, Julia McDonald1970

    … the perceptions of full-time faculty at public two-year colleges in Georgia. All full-time faculty at the thirteen two-year colleges in the University System of Georgia were surveyed. Responses were received from 568 faculty. Quantitative research methodology was used to analyze data generated …

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  7. A Survey and Appraisal of Music Programs of Accredited Two-Year Colleges of the United States

    Campbell, Forrest KentUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2014

    Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-08T21:24:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6812089.pdf: 5034860 bytes, checksum: f022649ba8f1e614d4df5997fe33c424 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1968

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  8. A comparison of expenditure patterns in public two-year colleges with declining, steady, or increasing budgets

    James, Glenn W.Virginia Tech1991

    … actual internal allocation activity of public two-year colleges. First, this study examined whether there was a significant difference in the way that public two-year colleges with declining, steady, or increasing budgets apportioned their funds in each of six major expenditure categories …

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  9. A comparison of staff development programs in two-year colleges with and without formalized staff development plans

    McCall, Michael BaxterVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University1976

    … informal staff development programs in public two-year colleges in the United States, and (2) to determine whether or not the existence of formal staff development programs relates to expenditure for staff development activities. The current status of the nature and extent of staff development …

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  10. An Investigation into Motivations of Instructors Teaching Business and Technical Internet-Based Courses at Two-Year Colleges

    Swartwout, Nansi. A.University of North Texas2002

    This research was conducted to determine why two-year community college instructors teach over the Internet. By understanding why these instructors teach over the Internet, colleges can recruit more instructors to teach using the Web thus allowing colleges to offer more Internet courses. They can …

    unt Repository record

  11. Accessibility, affordability, and flexibility: The relationship of selected state sociopolitical factors and the participation of adults in public two-year colleges

    Schaffer, Joe

    … factors relate to adult participation in public two-year colleges, and assessed how Montana compares to those states enrolling the most adult students. Utilizing archived data from the National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the US …

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  12. Accessibility, affordability, and flexibility: The relationship of selected state sociopolitical factors and the participation of adults in public two-year colleges

    Schaffer, Joe

    … factors relate to adult participation in public two-year colleges, and assessed how Montana compares to those states enrolling the most adult students. Utilizing archived data from the National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the US …

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  13. The Relationships Among Student Characteristic Variables, Student Engagement Variables, and the Academic Performance of African-American Male Students at Two-Year Colleges

    Redman Mingo, Valarie

    … additional research is needed on the impact of two-year college attendance on African American male students (Flowers, 2006). Since the two-year college system is the "primary portal" to higher education for a number of African American males (Pope, 2006, p. 229), of particular importance are …

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  14. The use of environmental factors to differentiate public two-year colleges on the basis of collective-bargaining status and bargaining-agent affiliation

    James, Aaron CarrollVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University1987

    … variables could be used to differentiate public two-year colleges on the basis of collective-bargaining status and bargaining-agent affiliation. The following null hypotheses were tested: 1. There are no differences between states with collective bargaining in community colleges and those without …

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  15. A Study of Department Chairs in Two-Year Colleges: A Comparison of the 1992 International Community College Chair Survey to Department Chairs in the North Texas Community College Consortium

    Gallagher, JudithUniversity of North Texas2003

    … from department chairs serving in the 26 two-year colleges that are members of the North Texas Community College Consortium using the International Community College Chair Survey (ICCCS). The ICCCS is designed to gather insights into four aspects of the chairs' professional lives: personal …

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  16. Non-punitive grading practices in the two-year college

    Knight, William E.Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University1981

    … grading practices and policies in the two-year college remained highly uncertain due to a lack of substantive research. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to answer the following research questions: (1) How many public and private two-year colleges are currently using non-punitive …

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  17. Perceptions of student personnel functions in the public two-year college

    Mattox, Ronald E.Virginia Tech1995

    … a basic student personnel program at any two-year college. Many changes have occurred in the two-year college over the past 29 years. Two-year colleges experienced continuous growth and expansion during the 1970s, wrestled with budget cuts and retrenchment in the 1980s, and faced an …

    vt Repository record

  18. EMPLOYER PERCEPTIONS OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN MANUFACTURING AT PUBLIC TWO-YEAR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

    Dreifke, Timothy2024

    … from government, industry, and academia point to two-year colleges as the catalyst to address the skills gap and in turn, drive the U.S. economy. This study built a conceptual framework of workforce development based on human capital theory and best practices that emphasized two-year college …

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  19. Criteria for Initial Appointment in Rank and Subsequent Promotion for Faculty in Two-Year Public Colleges

    Orf, Michael Aaron2017

    <p>The growth of community colleges over the last five decades has not been met with a commensurate expansion of knowledge about policy development. In order to address this gap in knowledge, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of rank among two-year colleges in the United States; to …

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  20. A descriptive comparison of public two-year college residence hall programs

    Dietrich, John F.Virginia Tech1990

    The purpose of this study was to describe public, two-year college residence hall programs, and compare them to nearby public, four-year college and university residence hall programs. Program comparisons were made using criteria of stated purposes, educational programs and services offered, …

    vt Repository record

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