This is a report from the American Association of Higher Education
Joint Task Force:  Focusing on collaboration among administrators,
faculty, and staff the Joint Task Force members discuss that by
“acting cooperatively in the context of common goals, as the most
innovative institutions have done, that our accumulated understanding
about learning is put to best use.”  The task force also recognizes
that “learning is a social activity, and modeling is one of the most
powerful learning tools.  As participants in organizations dedicated
to ....

Mercy Medical Center uses (paid) job shadowing as a way to introduce incumbent 
health care workers to the next step on the career ladder.  Hence, CNAs and 
other entry level workers will job shadow LVNs and LVNs will in turn job shadow 
RNs. 

Once the interest in advancement has been generated, the hospital is ready to 
support any employee who wants to get the necessary training.  They pay all 
costs incurred for education as long as the students are accepted into one of their 
partner programs at Siskiyous and Shasta Community colle ....

During Fall 2006, research was conducted on students in three Principles of 
Macroeconomics courses to analyze the effectiveness of using GIS as a method 
of applying economic concepts to real-world situations. This study notes the 
importance of developing effective combinations of homework and class 
discussion, as well as the optimal geographic range (one or two regions vs. the 
entire world).   ....

Environmental Scanning serves as an important analytical backdrop for strategic, 
educational, student services and facilities planning. It is research and analysis 
that is designed to provide a concise but comprehensive overview of the external 
environments that impact a community college district as it moves into the future. 
It summarizes the social, economic and political changes that a district faces.

The Los Rios Community College District has completed several environmental 
scans since 1997; a copy of a recent version can be f ....

Documentation of successful transfer practices at Skyline College, including 
effective transfer strategies and quantitative research on transfer volume and rates 
including assessing the impact of student services, course-taking patterns, 
transfer readiness and preparedness, and demographics.  More information is 
available at the Transfer Leadership Center website at 
http://www.rpgroup.org/css/TransferLeadershipCenter.html ....

This study focuses on how Tablet PCs and wireless technology can be used 
during classroom instruction to create an Interactive Learning Network (ILN) that 
allows real-time student assessment and assistance. The ILN is designed to 
enhance the instructor’s ability to solicit active participation from all students 
during lectures, to conduct immediate and meaningful assessment of student 
learning, and to provide needed real-time feedback and assistance to maximize 
student learning.  This interactive classroom environment is created usi ....

What methods of assessment and what information are we discovering about 
student learning in science? Does learning in science differ from other
disciplines? 
Why do students always report that hands-on learning and field trips have been 
their most useful learning experiences? How do you assess this type of learning? 
This panel of science faculty will discuss methods and data from their classes 
and programs, explaining how they have used the data to close the loop, and to 
improve teaching and student learning. Come prepared to ask q ....

The Director of Special Programs at San Marcos Unified School District (SMUSD)
has worked for the past two years to launch a Health Academy that will provide
high school juniors who are not necessarily college-bound with the opportunity
to enroll in a Health Academy. The high school that hosts the project is brand
new and highly diverse, with 45% of students Latino, 45% Caucasian, and 10%
“other Non-White”.
The project is a collaboration between the SMUSD, Palomar College, California
State University San Marcos (CSU-SM) and a local hospi ....

The Center for Student Success (CSS) identified, reviewed and documented
promising practices that community college health occupations programs have
developed to increase the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority
(URM) students in ten health occupations programs in California: registered
nursing, licensed vocational nursing, certified nurse assistant, radiologic
technology, dental hygiene, psychiatric technician, repsiratory therapy, medical
assisting, and emergency medical technician. The report covers strategies that
h ....

The Faculty Diversity Internship Program at Peralta Community College District 
began in 1994 with fifteen interns. Since then, the program has averaged ten to 
twelve interns each semester, and in the past few semesters has placed more 
than twenty interns at a time in academic and vocational programs in the district’s 
four colleges. The goal of the internship program is to give prospective faculty 
hands-on experience teaching in a community college, the support and guidance 
of a faculty mentor, and ongoing training on best teaching p ....