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| Language: | en |
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1996
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- Summer School Survey of Arkansas' Two-Year Higher Education Institutions. Moody, Allen B. College Planning Community Colleges Curriculum Development Educational Practices Evening Programs Faculty Workload Program Improvement State Surveys Summer Programs Summer Schools Teacher Salaries Two Year Colleges As part of an effort to improve its summer school offerings, Arkansas' Garland County Community College conducted a survey of summer school practices at the state's 23 other two-year colleges. Survey results, based on responses from all 23 schools, included the following: (1) 13 schools offered 2 sessions during the summer months, 7 offered 3 sessions, and 3 schools offered only 1 session; (2) of the 13 schools having 2 sessions, each session lasted 5 weeks, with classes meeting 5 days per week; (3) 7 schools offered 1 session lasting 5 to 6 weeks and meeting 4 days per week; (4) 17 schools offered a night program, with 12 schools providing library and computer lab services at night; (5) most of the schools limited student enrollment to a maximum number of hours; (6) only 4 schools did not have any limit on summer school faculty teaching load; (7) the pay scale was the same for the full-time and part-time summer faculty at 16 schools, while 2 schools paid their full-time faculty more in the summer than during the fall or spring semesters; and (8) only 4 institutions involved faculty in the selection of courses for the summer. The survey instrument and tabulated results are appended. (TGI)