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...

Take an in depth look at the current key issues and practices in budgets and finance for community colleges. In this volume, topics include:

• the contemporary challenge of meeting growing demands for increased student persistence and success,
• diminishing state support for higher education,
• new calls for accountability and ways to measure institutionaleffectiveness,
• the increasing reliance of many community colleges on grants and other sources of revenue, and
• college policies that have significant financial ramifications.