Michael L. Skolnik Kenneth P. Walker Deborah L. Floyd
* Is the conferring of baccalaureate degrees by community colleges a solution to increasing access to and capacity in higher education? * Will the conferring of baccalaureate degrees restrict open access to, and imperil the existing mission of, community colleges? * What are the models and alternative methods of delivery? What are the implications?
Breaking away from their traditional mission of conferring only associate degrees and occupational credentials, an increasing number of community colleges have begun seriously to explore and, indeed, in some U.S. states and...
* Is the conferring of baccalaureate degrees by community colleges a solution to increasing access to and capacity in higher education? * Will th...
Globalization's effects on universities have been little examined. Creating Knowledge, Strengthening Nations seeks to improve understanding by deepening the analysis of how universities contribute to economic growth and entrepreneurialism while also contributing to strategic societal goals of equity and redistributive justice. Editors Glen A. Jones, Patricia L. McCarney, and Michael L. Skolnik have brought together a diverse group of contributors to describe how internal and external forces arising from globalization are exerting pressure to change the role of higher education in...
Globalization's effects on universities have been little examined. Creating Knowledge, Strengthening Nations seeks to improve understandin...