USE OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN BACCALAUREATE ATTAINMENT AT A PRIVATE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE

A number of studies have shown that the associate degree track no longer reflects the path of community college students pursuing bachelor's degrees. Rather, students use the community college to fulfill specific degree requirements. This study investigated whether community college credits were used to fulfill core or major requirements among baccalaureate graduates of a private liberal arts college over a five-year period. Results indicate that more than one-third of graduates used the community college to fulfill requirements for the bachelor's degree. Overall, the primary use of the community college was to fulfill requirements for the core curriculum. Use of the community college was greatest among humanities majors, with business majors completing the most community college hours.     

高校文科学报人文性缺失之我见

高校文科学报在充分体现学术性、具有独特性的同时，还必须注重体现人文性，这不仅是其自身生存与可持续发展应有之意。也是构建和谐社会的需要。高校文科学报要努力做到：发挥传承老一代学人的优良学术传统和注意奖掖新人的作用；拆除学术壁垒，大力弘扬主流文化，同时包容无害于社会发展的非主流文化；跨越校际与地域的界限。努力去承载学科研究的最高成果；在编辑、排版、设计等方面折射出编辑的人文主义理念。     

论《中国近代史纲要》的文理差异教学--以淮北师范大学为例

在学习《中国近代史纲要》的过程中,文、理科学生存在的问题既有共性的一面,也有个性的一面,这就需要教师认清专业差异,选择不同的教学方法和理念,因材施教,同时做到课堂教学与课外活动相结合,充分发挥学生的主动性,并尝试必要的教学改革,才能收到良好的教学效果.     

THE EFFECT OF ACADEMIC FACTORS ON TRANSFER STUDENT PERSISTENCE AND GRADUATION: A COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE CASE STUDY

Critics contend that enrollment in a community college lessens the likelihood that a student will complete a bachelor's degree (S. Brint & J. Karabel, 1989). A number of studies have examined personal, demographic, and environmental characteristics that influence the academic performance of community college transfer students. This research has included characteristics that are not readily available to admissions representatives at four‐year institutions, and studies have not considered the private, liberal arts college as the senior institution.

The purpose of this study was to identify easily ascertainable characteristics that occur prior to transfer and to assess the relationship of these characteristics to persistence and baccalaureate attainment at a private, liberal arts college. Two academic factors related to persistence and graduation were included in the methodology: completion of the associate (AA) degree and community college grade point average (GPA) The subjects for the study were 200 students who completed the AA degree and transferred from one of three community colleges to a private, liberal arts college over a 5‐year period.

Results indicated that whereas completion of the AA degree resulted in a higher persistence/graduation rate, completion of the AA degree with a community college GPA of 3.0 or higher increased the persistence/graduation rate to a level equal to that of native students.     

THE ARTS AND THE AGING ADVOCACY MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES: A HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE

Attention is directed to a human development movement begun in earnest in the early 1970s to put older Americans in touch with their creative selves. This article traces steps taken in this national effort and suggests issues and policies to be addressed if educational opportunities in the arts are to increase for older adults.