The concept of critical thinking has found its way into course descriptions, textbook titles, and even college mission statements. Yet far from being satisfied with these successes, scholars in the field believe that much unfinished business remains: critical thinking has not found its way into many classrooms. This volumepresents blueprints to professional development plans that focus on a solution to the problem with best practices from colleges that have already begun to implement such plans, and methods for assessing programs that emerge from them. Finally, the...
The concept of critical thinking has found its way into course descriptions, textbook titles, and even college mission statements. Yet far from being ...
Sustaining fiscal support for community colleges has becoming increasingly difficult in an era marked by recurrent recessions, legislator reluctance to raise taxes, and intense competition for scarce resources from health care, K-12 education, and other pressing demands on state treasuries. After introductory chapters that provide historical, political, and economic perspectives on the fiscal environment in which commuity colleges operate, this volume describes institutional approaches to securing adequate funding in the face of fiscal uncertainty. Chapter authors provide guidelines for...
Sustaining fiscal support for community colleges has becoming increasingly difficult in an era marked by recurrent recessions, legislator reluctance t...
The studies presented in this volume of New Directions for Community Colleges aim to foster a better understanding of the ways in which community colleges provide Latino students with educational access and opportunity.
State and federal policy has increasingly looked to the community college to educate Latinos--the largest minority group in the United States--and other students traditionally underrepresented in higher education. Indeed, Latinos enroll in community colleges at rates higher than those for any other racial or ethnic group. Although research has been done to study the...
The studies presented in this volume of New Directions for Community Colleges aim to foster a better understanding of the ways in which communi...
This volume provides the reader with an increased understanding of benchmarking in the community college sector. It should be of interest to community college faculty and staff engaged in continuous assessment and institutional improvement efforts, as well as university faculty and graduate students studying community college policy and practice.
While giving an overview of benchmarking and illustrating its growth within community college assessment, this volume provides four examples of national benchmarking initiatives designed specifically for two-year institutions; describes how the...
This volume provides the reader with an increased understanding of benchmarking in the community college sector. It should be of interest to community...
This volume reexamines the community college's functional missions in the context of both long-established and emerging societal missions. Written for college leaders, scholars, and policymakers, Community College Missions in the 21st Century addresses the most pressing questions concerning community colleges, including:
Is the societal mission of a community college to provide postsecondary education to students who might not otherwise obtain it, or to be responsive to the needs of local communities, including business and industry?
Should its dominant...
This volume reexamines the community college's functional missions in the context of both long-established and emerging societal missions. Written for...
This is the 137th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Community College.
Essential to the professional libraries of presidents, vice presidents, deans, and other leaders in today's open-door institutions, New Directions for Community Colleges provides expert guidance in meeting the challenges of their distinctive and expanding educational mission.
This is the 137th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Community College.
The first chapter in this volume presents an overview of the faculty personnel challenges facing community colleges; the next three discuss the socialization and professional development of new faculty. Authors stress the importance of understanding differences among the typs of community colleges and the importance of gender and racial/thnic diversity among the facultry of the institutions who educate the majority of undergraduate females and students of color. The volume concludes with chapters on legal aspects related to the faculty employment and the experiences of presidents and senior...
The first chapter in this volume presents an overview of the faculty personnel challenges facing community colleges; the next three discuss the social...
The first book to take a holistic, practical approach to community college institutional effectiveness
While much has been written about various aspects of institutional effectiveness, until now no attempt has been made to address the subject as a whole. In this book author Ronald B. Head takes a holistic approach to institutional effectiveness knitting all of the constituent parts of the effectiveness equation into a seamless whole to provide American community college scholars and administrators with a valuable source of insight and guidance. Topics covered include...
The first book to take a holistic, practical approach to community college institutional effectiveness
Liberal arts education is one of the founding missions of community colleges. However, it has drifted toward vocational training to such an extent that the dominant narrative of the 21st-century community college portrays a job (re)training center more than an educational institution.
This volume offers a timely, much-needed, and persuasive argument for the importance of a liberal arts education, particularly in the humanities, for all students attending a public, comprehensive community college.
The Landscape of the Liberal Arts
What Happened to the Liberal...
Liberal arts education is one of the founding missions of community colleges. However, it has drifted toward vocational training to such an extent ...
Gain a greater understanding of technology management and what it means to the community college campus today. Effective planning, directing, control, and coordination of technological capabilities can shape and help accomplish your institution's strategic and operational objectives.
Editor Tod Treat, assistant professor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and contributing authors explore community college technology management from a variety of vantage points. They argue that technology management should be...
Gain a greater understanding of technology management and what it means to the community college campus today. Effective planning, directing, control,...
