Faculty development activities in 300 publicly supported two-year colleges were investigated in this study. A mailed survey, which obtained a 77% (nˆ272) response rate, was used to identify the elements of planning, implementation, funding, and evaluation for development of both full-time and part-time faculty. Statistically signi cant differences were found among colleges of different sizes and among accreditation regions.
The impending retirements of many community college leaders creates a need to better understand who the chief academic officers (CAOs) are and the paths they followed to become CAOs. Nonetheless, researchers have paid relatively little attention to this important leadership position. To address this gap in the literature, the authors undertook a national study of 300 randomly selected community college CAOs. The intent was to determine the educational backgrounds and demographic characteristics of public 2-year college academic deans or vice presidents and compare these findings to those of previous studies to determine trends.
Over the last two decades a new group, reverse transfer students, has become significant and is expanding at the two-year college level. Reverse transfer students are those individuals who, prior to attending a two-year college, were last enrolled at a four-year institution. This group consists of two types of students: 1) Noncompleters, who attended a four-year institution, but did not complete a degree before enrolling at a two-year college; and 2) Graduates, who earned at least an undergraduate degree prior to enrolling at a two-year college.In 1970, a nationwide study by Heinze and Daniels revealed that slightly more than 9% of community college students were reverse transfer students. Lee (1975) predicted that as a result of escalating higher education costs, reverse transfer students might become a major clientele in two-year colleges. Another national study, conducted by Hudak (1983), showed that 16% of the students enrolled in 305 institutions were reverse transfer students. Some colleges reported levels
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