COUNCIL FOR THE STUDY OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES
42nd Annual Conference
April 7-8, 2000
Washington, DC
PROGRAM
Friday, April 7, 2000
Washington Hilton
International Ballroom E
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.Registration--Meet and Greet
1:00 - 1:30 p.m.Introductions & Informal Comments
1:30 - 2:45 p.m., Session I: Community College Systems and Finance
Session Chair, Dan Phelan, Southeastern Community College
- Financing State Community College Systems: A National Profile
Stephen G. Katsinas, Ronald D. Opp & David Beaumont, The University
of Toledo
- Martorana’s Legacy: Research on State Systems of Community Colleges
Terrence A. Tollefson, East Tennessee State University
- College Costs, Financial Aid and America’s Community Colleges
F. King Alexander, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Developing a Full-Text Database of State Legislation Affecting Community Colleges
James C. Palmer, Margaret A. Swanson & Kathryn M. Cavins, Illinois State University
2:45 - 3:00 p.m., Break
3:00 - 4:00 p.m., Session II: Community College Administration
Session Chair, Rosemary Gillett-Karam, Louisberg College
- A Qualitative Study of Women’s Experiences in Community College Leadership Positions
Barbara Tedrow, Delta College
- Women Chief Academic Officers of Public Community Colleges: Significant Predictors for Their Career Paths
Cynthia B. McKenney & Brent Cejda, Texas Tech University
- Two-Year College presidents: Their Educational Backgrounds, Demographics and Trends
Marybelle C. Keim, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
4:00 - 5:15 p.m.; Session III: Community College Students
Session Chair, Bev Bower, Florida State University
- Institutional Responsiveness of Community Colleges and Two- Year Proprietary Schools on the Needs of the Labor Market
Edgar I. Farmer, The Pennsylvania State University
- Community College Students’ Degree Aspirations: A Comparative Study
Frankie Santos Laanan, University Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Community College HSIs: Myths and Realities
Berta Vigil Laden, Stanford University
- Relationships between Enrollment/Registration Behaviors and Academic Outcomes in Full- Time Community College Students
Michael D. Summers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.; CSCC Board Meeting;Washington Hilton
Saturday, April 8, 2000; Washington
Hilton
International Terrace
7:00 - 8:00 a.m.; Informal Meeting to Discuss Higher Education Program Issues
Marybelle C. Keim, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.; Coffee, Juice, and Breakfast Snacks
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.; Session IV: Community College Faculty
Session Chair, Max Reichard, Delgado Community College
- A National Profile of Community College Faculty: A Re-Examination by Community College Type
Stephen G. Katsinas, Ronald D. Opp & David Beaumont, The University of Toledo
- How Do We Count the Ways? The Formal Responsibilities, Rights and Roles of Faculty in Community Colleges
Sue Kater & John Levin, University of Arizona
- An Analysis of Faculty Governance Leaders in Community Colleges
Michael T. Miller, San Jose State University & Myron Pope, Unversity of Alabama
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.; Session V: Community College Faculty Development
Session Chair, Al Smith, Texas Tech University
- Faculty Development in Two- Year Publicly Supported Community Colleges
Mary Rose Grant, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- Professional Development to Support Instructional Reform in Community Colleges
Dolores Perin, Teachers College, Columbia University
- Hindsight is Always 20-20: Lessons Learned from Starting a Program to Prepare Community College Faculty
James O. Hammons, University of Arkansas
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.; Break
11:00 - 11:15 a.m.; Dissertation-of-the-Year Award and Presentation of Paper
11:15 - noon; Business Meeting
*Election of Officers
*ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges
noon - 1:30 p.m.; Lunch on Your Own (continuation of Higher
Education Program Issues for those interested)
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.; Session VI: Community College Curricula
and Articulation
Session Chair, Mary Kinnick, Portland State University
- Preparing Community Colleges for Curriculum Integration: A Case Study of
Three Illinois Community Colleges
Steven R. Aragon, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Evaluating State-Level Articulation Agreements According to Principles
of Good Practice
Jan Ignash, University of South Florida & Barbara Townsend, University
of Missouri-Columbia
2:30 - 3:45 p.m.; Session VII: Community College Literature and Research
Session Chair, Jim Palmer, Illinois State University
- Collaborative Research on Community Colleges: A Report from UCLA
Jenny Striplin, Christine LeBard, Charles Outcalt & Carol Kozeracki, UCLA
- Key Literature in the Field: Report of a Delphi Study of the CSCC
James Ratcliff, Beverly Bower, Romero Jalomo & Amaruy Nora, The Pennsylvania State University
3:45 - 4:00 p.m.; Break
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.; Keynote Speaker
George A Baker III, North Carolina State University
8:00 - 9:00 p.m.; CSCC Reception; Washington Hilton
*Presentation of Awards; Military
Many thanks to the proposal reviewers:
*Larry Ebbers, Iowa State University
*Romero Jalomo, New York University
*Steve Katsinas, University of Toledo
*Mary Kinnick, Portland State University
*Frankie Santos Laanan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
*Dan Phelan, Southeastern Community College
*Al Smith, Texas Tech University