Policies and Practices to Improve Student Preparation and Success

Cc

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges | nr. 145
• Attention to college access has improved opportunities for students of all backgrounds to participate in higher education. Less work has been done on ... Lees meer

CC169 Dual Enrollment

Cc

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges
• Looking to develop new dual enrollment programs or adapt and revamp an existing dual enrollment programs at a community college? This volume addresses... Lees meer

Academic Pathways to and from the Community College

Cc, Barnett, Bragg

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges | nr. 135
• Academic Pathways To and From the Community College examines local, state, and federal programs and policies designed to enhance opportunities for und... Lees meer

Promising and High-Impact Practices: Student Success Programs in the Community College Context

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges
• With calls for community colleges to play a greater role in increasing college completion, promising or high-impact practices (HIPs) are receiving att... Lees meer

The Future of the Urban Community College

Cc

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges
• Urban community colleges--and the cities they serve--are undergoing rapid, multidimensional changes in response to new conditions and demands. The cha... Lees meer

Sustaining Financial Support for Community Colleges

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges | nr. 132
• Sustaining fiscal support for community colleges has becoming increasingly difficult in an era marked by recurrent recessions, legislator reluctance t... Lees meer

International Reform Efforts and Challenges in Community Colleges

Cc, Raby, Valeau

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges | nr. 138
• The chapters in this volume explore specific issues related to community college international education; they document outstanding programs and discu... Lees meer

CC163 Fostering the Liberal Ar

Cc

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges
• Liberal arts education is one of the founding missions of community colleges. However, it has drifted toward vocational training to such an extent tha... Lees meer

Applying College Change Theories to Student Affairs Practice

C Casey Ozaki, Robin L Spaid

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges
• Student affairs professionals are critical to the efforts to improve students' experiences and outcomes--especially in two-year institutions. This vol... Lees meer

Applying the College Completion Agenda to Practice

Cc

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges | nr. 167
• This volume profiles some of the innovative reforms community college practitioners are engaged in, focusing on supporting students through to graduat... Lees meer

Next Steps for the Community College

Cc, Bers, Calhoun

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges | nr. 117
• This issue provides an overview of the relevant contemporary literature and practice in areas of major concern to community colleges: transfer rates, ... Lees meer

CC179 Constructions of Gender

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges
• A ground swell of activism on campus is underway to recognize a wider understandings of gender, to support long time marginalized populations, and to ... Lees meer

Student Tracking in the Community College

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges | nr. 143
• This volume provides an updated examination of student tracking systems. It illustrates how policymakers, administrators, and institutional researcher... Lees meer

The Unfinished Business of Critical Thinking

Cc, McMahon

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges | nr. 130
• The concept of critical thinking has found its way into course descriptions, textbook titles, and even college mission statements. Yet far from being ... Lees meer

CC171 CC Faculty Scholarship

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• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges
• While teaching occupies the primary role of faculty members in community colleges, the question remains: To what extent are community college faculty ... Lees meer

Contemporary Issues in Institutional Ethics

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges | nr. 148
• Examining the ethical dimensions of various institutional issues, policies, and practices at the community college, this volume fills a critical gap i... Lees meer

Bringing College Education Into Prisons

Robert Scott

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges
• This sourcebook introduces the basic concept of college in prison, describes programs that exist across the country today, and considers the challenge... Lees meer

Presidents and Analysts Discuss Contemporary Challenges

Cc, CC (Community Colleges)

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges | nr. 218
• Since their inception, America's community colleges have undergone continuous change. They must, because their mission is to provide learning vital fo... Lees meer

Community College Missions in the 21st Century

Cc, Dougherty, Townsend

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges | nr. 136
• This volume reexamines the community college's functional missions in the context of both long-established and emerging societal missions. Written for... Lees meer

Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges
• Concepts of civic learning and democratic engagement are central to the purpose of higher education, especially for community colleges. This volume: e... Lees meer

Strengthening Community Colleges Through Institutional Collaborations

Cc

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges | nr. 165
• This issue illustrates examples of effective collaborations written by community college presidents, administrators, faculty, and leaders of state gov... Lees meer

Classification Systems Two Yr

Cc, Alexander McCormick, Rebecca Cox

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges | nr. 122
• The two-year college sector in U.S. higher education encompasses a great diversity of institutions. Yet the most widely used taxonomy of colleges and ... Lees meer

Understanding Equity in Community College Practice

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges
• What do equity-oriented practices look like in different community college contexts? Given the increasing role of the community college in realizing e... Lees meer

Preparing a Stem Workforce Through Career-Technical Education

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions for Community Colleges
• This volume examines STEM education, preparation, and career exploration--and the role of career and technical education (CTE) in preparing individual... Lees meer