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Dana College (Dana.edu) was dying. A corporation was willing to buy it. However, Dana did not teach in the main, 21st century technical skills which is true of most little liberal arts colleges. Dana's demise first came in cuts for faculty in terms of benefits (Manghan, K. 1/16/2009). The entrance of the federal government was an attempt to stop a non-accredited on line corporation schools, buy legitimacy through an accredited school (Harkin, T. 9/1/2010). To get workers back into the work force, they may need some liberal arts, but a great deal of money would at this time be non-transferable credits in skills training. Dana could provide that by partnering with a nearby community college. However, all this would require a great deal of work and money. The direction of the on-line corporation was just the opposite. They wanted to purchase the school for its accreditation and teach some classes on campus, but make most of their money in on-line classes. Thus, the corporation would have an accredited home base to start selling distant learning classes through package courses.

Multiple regression is part of a larger statistical strategy originated by Gauss. The authors raise questions about the theory and suggest some changes that would make room for Mandelbrot and Serendipity.

This article features Robert Merton, who died recently at age 92. Merton came into this world as a Jewish baby named Meyer Schkolnick. He lived in South Philly where his parents wrenched a living as blue-collar workers. Merton chose an Anglicized name to move into the Yankee dominated America of the 20's and 30's. At Harvard, he studied under Sorokin and Parsons. The rest of his life he spent briefly at Tulane University and then remainder at Columbia University. There he rose to the very top of the field of sociology. With 20 books and 200 articles, many in the field read him and most college frosh were introduced to "Merton's Paradigm." His paradigm applied both to groups and later Inciardi individualized it so that applications could be made at the personal level. Merton was the first sociologist to be invited to the National Academy of Sciences. He won a Guggenheim, Parson prize and National Medal of Sciences. He became the president of the American Sociological Society. He would have been a recipient of the Nobel, but it is not given to sociologists. His passing ends the generation that saw the peak of sociology and all the cultural wars that surrounded it, here in the United States of America. America was good to Merton and some day will realize that he dearly repaid his country. (Contains 3 resources.)

Introduction: The authors will introduce a new method of analysis that combines qualitative and quantitative methods to help researchers analyze data when they do not have national random samples. Review: [...]

The authors suggest that public post secondary education in numerous decades in the future may need to go to major private retail corporations for monies to continue operations and expand. [...]

The authors of this article will explore how investments in effective marketing can help make a community college be 'successful.' This means for this essay, that enrollment increase, increased endowments, [...]

Describes downside of the Third Revolution biological psychiatry. Presents case study in which misapplication of one medication, lithium, jeopardized the professionalism of a college faculty member. Discusses administrative strategies used to resolve the problem and suggests an alternative strategy. Concludes that psychiatric treatment can be worse than the initial problem. (Author/ABL)

Attempts to analyze crime control program development and relate it to several independent variables which might be associated. Results show that often crime control programs were developed at the Associate degree level and appear to duplicate or approximate the police training academies. (Author)

Faculty Evaluations should be part of Community College's decision to grant tenure or to terminate a faculty member. Faculty should have the right to the review process and to help in selecting the student evaluation process., Introduction It is the authors contention that student evaluations of faculty should be strongly considered as mandatory for annual review of instructor's teaching performance. Additionally, student evaluations should be used [...]

The issues of premodern, modern, and postmodern can often confuse the social scientists because so much is drawn from modernism as the foundation of the social methodologies. Briefly, the author would like to differentiate the three modernism philosophies and indicate how a coalition of the three may apply to social sciences.

The authors have over the years tried to revise meta-analysis because it's basic premise is to add apples and oranges together and analyze. In other words, various data on the same subject are chosen using different samples, research strategies, and number properties. The findings are then homogenized and a statistical analysis is used (Snell, J. and Marsh, M. 2003).

The authors over the years have expressed criticism about meta-analysis. However, it could not be more popular. Recently a major news station reported the use of meta-analysis in a new finding.

Of the 281 million Americans, "Scientific American" estimates that White Africans (21% of White Caucasians) have Black heritage. This article discusses the present state of black elite and the transformation of black students in the United States. Some strategies to become a "white" student are also discussed.

One of the authors reviewed available literature and analyzed issues dealing with publishing in academia with limited resources (Snell et. al 1976, Snell et. al. 1994.) One of the problems [...]

The authors discuss the growth of distance learning via the Internet, list a number of relevant web sites, and relate both to the institutional accreditation issue. Introduction How do Pacific [...]

The authors suggest ways the community college teachers can publish with limited resources in terms of time and funding., It is very easy to become discouraged with the science and academic community when millions of dollars are spent for dubious research purposes. Prominent administrators and professors of some of [...]

The article describes an elementary course in social biochemistry for social science majors. This offering assumes that nature and nurture are intertwined and explain human behavior. It is an upper [...]

Examines student perception of gender differences regarding management functions of community college instructors. Survey of 40 community college students; Identified perceptions towards five primary managerial roles; Evidence supporting student perceptions of gender-neutrality.

Presents a case study of attrition in a community college. Definition; Theoretical model; Citing of Pantages & Creedon's review of research literature on attrition; Progress from 1980; Student demographics and attrition; Special student demographics and graduation; Solutions to lessening of attrition.

Examines the use of the Snell Educator Effectiveness Index as an instrument for student evaluation of college teachers. Ability of teacher to be interesting, knowledgeable, organized, fair and friendly.

Focuses on a preliminary study that determines the role ambiguity of paralegal intern students in legal practices. Participants of the study; Subjects tackled in the open-ended questionnaires of the study; Findings of the study; Conclusions.