Fiscal year ... salary report for the Illinois public community colleges.

Description based on: 1995; title from cover.

Student enrollment data and trends in the public community colleges of Illinois.

Mode of access: Internet.

Student enrollments in the public community colleges of Illinois.

Title varies slightly.

Higher education and the concept of community /

"October 21, 1993."

Assessing the effectiveness of five-year mechanical engineering technology programs of junior colleges in Taiwan, R.O.C.: An application of the CIPP evaluation model

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the mechanical engineering technology curriculum effectiveness at the junior college in Taiwan by using the CIPP evaluation model. The study concerned the areas of the curriculum, curriculum materials, individualized instruction, support services, teaching effectiveness, student achievement, and job performance. A descriptive survey method was used with questionnaires for data collection from faculty, students, graduates, and employers.^ All categories of respondents tended to agree that the curriculum provides appropriate occupational knowledge and skills. Students, graduates, and faculty tended to be satisfied with the curriculum; faculty tended to be satisfied with student achievement; graduates tended to be satisfied with their job preparation; and employers were most satisfied with graduates' job performance.^ Conclusions were drawn in the context, input, process, and product of the CIPP model. In Context area: Students were dissatisfied with curriculum flexibility in students characteristics. Graduates were dissatisfied with curriculum design for student's adaptability in new economic and industrial conditions; practicum flexibility in student characteristics; and course overlap. Both students and graduates were dissatisfied with practicum credit hours. Both faculty and students were dissatisfied with the number of required courses.^ In Input area: Students, faculty, and graduates perceived audiovisuals and manipulative aids positively. Faculty and students perceive CAI implementation positively. Students perceived textbooks negatively.^ In Process area: Faculty, students, and graduates perceived all support service negatively. Faculty tended to perceive the ratios of graduates who enter advanced study and related occupation, and who passed the professional skills certification, negatively. Students tended to perceive teaching effectiveness in terms of instructional strategies, the quality of instruction, overall suitability, and receivable, negatively. Graduates also tended to identify the instructional strategies as a negative perception. Faculty and students perceived curriculum objectives and practicum negatively. Both faculty and students felt that instructors should be more interested in making the courses a useful learning experience.^ In Product area: Employers were satisfied with graduates' academic preparation and job performance, adaptability, punctuality, and their ability to communicate, cooperate, and meet organization needs. Graduates were weak in terms of equipment familiarity and supervisory ability.^ In sum, the curriculum of the five-year mechanical engineering technology programs of junior college in Taiwan has served adequately up to this time in preparing a work force to enter industry. It is now time to look toward the future and adapt the curriculum and instruction for the future needs of this high-tech society. ^

An analysis of the on-time graduation rate in the two-year program at National Taipei Institute of Technology in Taiwan

Taiwan's technical vocational educational system includes three levels: (1) institutes of technology (two and four year programs), (2) junior colleges (two, three and five year programs), and (3) senior vocational schools. Two-year junior colleges enroll their students through two channels: (1) based on results of the Particular Screening Entrance Examination (PSEE), (2) based on the Joint College Entrance Examination (JCEE). The PSEE has two categories: Category I includes on-time graduates with excellent performance, which means that they are within the top ten of their classes; Category II students include award-winning students in talent contests who have achieved a minimum grade point average of 75%. The JCEE is a regular entrance examination given to any senior vocation school graduate.^ Basic courses have a great impact on the students' academic performance. The purpose of the study was to focus on the effectiveness of teaching mathematics in two-year junior colleges and to analyze and correlate the results of two-year junior college students' performance in calculus and on-time graduation. The target group consisted of 521 students enrolled at National Taipei Institute of Technology in 1993.^ Calculus is a very important course for engineering majors in two-year junior colleges and has a great impact on the students' academic performance. This retrospective study showed that there was a correlation between students' performance in calculus and on-time graduation after two years of study.^ The conclusions of the study urge the Ministry of Education to reform two-year junior college curriculum standards to emphasize basic rudimentary courses. It is recommended that engineering majors receive three hours of calculus per week as the current requirement of only two hours per week is inadequate. The future job market will require a technologically advanced labor force that can be trained in a higher education system. More channels of higher education for two-year junior college graduates should be made available for those wishing to pursue bachelor degrees. Additional work in calculus will not only enhance the opportunities for two-year junior college graduates to continue their pursuit of an advanced academic degree, but also serve them well as they seek career advancement. ^

La evaluación educativa : aplicación de la evaluación de diplomas de español como lengua extranjera en el Colegio Universitario de Idiomas Extranjeros Wenzao de Taiwán.

Los objetivos son: evaluar el nivel de español de los alumnos del Colegio Universitario Wenzao, en Taiwán, en relación con el Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera, para conocer su capacidad, avance, logros y dificultades; que los alumnos conozcan su propio nivel de español y sus fallos, así como aquellos puntos en los que pueden encontrar un mayor grado de dificultad para que logren las cuatro destrezas lingüísticas de todo idioma (comprensión lectora, expresión escrita, comprensión auditiva y expresión oral) y que dominen con fluidez el idioma; analizar los ítems de las pruebas del Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera en Taiwán, objetivo a largo plazo, para facilitar el conseguir los diplomas D.E.L.E. dentro del país. La muestra estaba formada por los alumnos de los programas de cinco años de 'Junior College'. Se escogieron a dos grupos del tercer curso, un total de 101 alumnos, 80 chicas y 21 chicos, para la aplicación de las pruebas del Certificado Inicial de Español como Lengua Extranjera. También se seleccionaron dos grupos de quinto curso, 95 alumnos, 72 chicas y 23 chicos, para la aplicación de las pruebas del Diploma Básico de Español como Lengua Extrajera. En la Universidad de Tamkang, la muestra final fue de 24 alumnos voluntarios del segundo curso de carrera para la aplicación de las pruebas CIE, y de 23 alumnos del cuarto curso, para las pruebas de DBE. Se hicieron análisis relacionales para validar los ítems, análisis descriptivos de los datos y análisis comparativos con el programa SPSS. Los exámenes D.E.L.E. aplicados tanto a los estudiantes de Wenzao como a los de la Universidad de Tamkang nos han proporcionado información clara y útil que nos ha permitido tener un concepto claro del nivel de conocimiento de español de estos alumnos. Tanto la realización de estas pruebas como su posterior análisis por parte de los alumnos les ha permitido tener un conocimiento más profundo y objetivo de su nivel de español e independiente de los factores ambientales en que se ha desenvuelto su aprendizaje, eliminando de esta manera factores variables de unos estudiantes a otros como puedan ser: profesores, métodos de docentes, libros, etc. El análisis de los resultados ítem por ítem nos ha permitido detectar con gran claridad los distintos niveles de los estudiantes en cada una de las cuatro destrezas lingüísticas, lo que supondrá una herramienta de gran utilidad a la hora de reorientar la continuidad del aprendizaje del español de estos estudiantes, tanto en grupo como individualmente. El uso continuado de este tipo de pruebas como herramienta de evaluación contribuirá a aumentar la calidad de la enseñanza del español de estos estudiantes y de todos los estudiantes de español en general, puesto que permitirá la elaboración de propuestas de mejora educativa continua y adaptadas a la realidad objetiva del nivel de español de los estudiantes en cada momento de su proceso formativo. Es conveniente, necesario y hasta imprescindible establecer un centro de coordinadores del D.E.L.E. en Taiwán para facilitar la obtención de los diplomas de español como lengua extranjera dentro del país. Esto permitirá dar a conocer la importancia de las pruebas D.E.L.E. y al mismo tiempo motivar a los estudiantes a aprender dicha lengua por la consecución de un diploma acreditativo oficial.

La Universitat Lliure de Girona (1870-1874)

La manera com s'han tractat jurídicament els principis d'igualtat i llibertat educativa en el segle XIX ens mostra aquells espais on Església i Estat, conservadors i revolucionaris, s'enfrontaren pel control de la joventut i de l'educació com aquell element del que se'n fa dependre el progrés de la societat. En aquest context, i a l'empara de la política educativa liberal del sexenni revolucionari, sorgeix i viu durant els quatre cursos que van de 1870 a 1874 una universitat, la qual, alhora que reclamava ser l'hereva dels estudis universitaris gironins clausurats per Felip V, pretenia fer-se un lloc en el complex mapa universitari i ideològic català i espanyol. Amb aquesta recerca veurem si efectivament es va poder instituir una universitat lluny dels cànons de l'ortodòxia científica i acadèmica marcats per l'Església i l'Estat en l'època isabelina, si van cobrir-se les necessitats educatives reals de la Girona del darrer terç del segle XIX i mantenir-se les prescripcions i exigències de l'ensenyament superior.

Proposta de um sistema de indicadores de desempenho para instituições de ensino superior na perspectiva do corpo discente

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)