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ContentsVolume 1, Number 1
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 Virginia Currency, 1777 |
| A Message from the
Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System --Arnold R. Oliver |
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| A Message from the
President of the Virginia Community Colleges Association --Elizabeth Smith |
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| Why
Scholarship? --by George B.Vaughan |
Community colleges define their roles in higher education through the pursuit of scholarship. In establishing scholarship as a top priority in the Virginia Community College System, the chancellor, college presidents, faculty, and the new journal, Inquiry, will play important roles. |
| Who’s Coming to College in the 21st
Century and How Will They Change Professional Practice? --by Joan B. Hirt |
Over the next decade, we can expect gradual but significant changes in our student population. If community college professionals can begin to recognize and identify the subtle changes occurring at the campus and individual levels, they will be better prepared to meet the challenges that such changes create. |
| Reinventing the Community College for
the 21st Century --by Wendy F. Weiner, Paul McVeigh, Ken Clever, Diane Brasington, and Mary Jane King |
In a workshop session, the 1995-96 VCCS Administrative Leadership Seminar participants accepted a challenge to come up with a theoretical framework to reinvent the community college for the 21st Century. They formed groups under five major areas for restructuring, and pooled their knowledge to tackle this project. |
Assessing Distance Learning Activities: A
Look at the WHOLE Picture! |
Results of surveys of students who did not successfully complete telecourses and of faculty and administrators involved in telecourse planning and delivery at Germanna Community College led to improvements in students’ completion rates. |
| An Analysis of Students’ Cognitive
Styles in Asynchronous Distance Education Courses --by John Brenner |
A study of students in distance education classes at Southwest Virginia Community College during the summer of 1996 revealed that field dependent and field independent cognitive styles were not significantly related to the successful completion of courses. |
| Learning Styles --by Melba Taylor |
The four learning styles identified by the Gregoric Style Delineator - concrete sequential, abstract random, abstract sequential, and concrete random - are discussed; and suggestions for teaching students with differing learning styles are offered. |
| A Pilot Project to Promote Faculty-Focused
Assessment --by Julie Adams |
Six faculty members at Germanna Community College conducted a pilot study of an assessment approach that provides immediate feedback on what is working in the classroom and what is not. Background on Cross and Angelo’s Classroom Assessment Techniques is included. |
| The VaCIE-CEMP Exchange --by Becky Thomas |
The exchange pairs VCCS teaching and professional faculty and administrators with their counterparts in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland for two-week study visits to their partners’ institutions. |
| Advances—and a Retreat—in
Student Retention --by Robert H. Sandel and Debbie Sydow |
Experiencing a fifty percent drop-out rate of first-year to second-year students, Mountain Empire Community College employees made retention the college’s top priority. Student and faculty surveys were administered to determine perceptions of the causes of student withdrawals; a two-day summer retreat was held; and a retention task force and standing retention committee are developing a comprehensive retention plan for the fall of 1997. |
| The Significance of Louise Rosenblatt on the
Field of Teaching Literature --by Gladdys Westbrook Church |
Louise Rosenblatt first advanced the Reader-Response Theory in 1938. Currently, this theory remains a dominant teaching approach with Rosenblatt’s influence readily apparent in contemporary research. English professors today can work the magic of the literary experience through the use of the Reader-Response Theory in the teaching of literature. |
From the System Office Classified Staff Professional
Development Peer Group / Discipline Meetings: A VCCS
Phenomenon |
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Review “Distance Education: The Way of the
Future for Rural Community Colleges” |
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Announcements & Information |
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