| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 308 pages) : charts. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Educational policy in the 21st century ; v. 2
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Educational policy in the 21st century ; v. 2.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
PART I: NATIONAL LEVEL: Governmental policies affecting community colleges: a historical perspective / Arthur M. Cohen -- Federal policies and community colleges: a mix of federal and local influences / Cheryl D. Lovell -- Statewide governance structures and two-year colleges / Richard C. Richardson, Jr. and Gerardo E. de los Santos -- Accountability in community colleges: looking toward the 21st Century / Frankie Santos Laanan -- The buffered and the buffeted institution: globalization and the community college / John S. Levin -- PART II: STATE LEVEL: Policy directions for K-14 education: looking to the future / Margaret Terry Orr and Debra D. Bragg -- State policies and the community college's role in workforce preparation / Kevin J. Dougherty -- State dual credit policy and its implications for community colleges: lessons from Missouri for the 21st Century / Anthony G. Girardi and Robert B. Stein -- Statewide transfer and articulation policies: current practices and emerging issues / Jan M. Ignash and Barbara K. Townsend -- Reframing remediation as a systemic phenomenon: a comparative analysis of remediation in two state / Kathleen M. Shaw -- Teaching and learning in the new information age: state-system policies for technology / Rosa Cintron, Connie Dillon, and Tammy Boyd -- PART III: INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL: SUNY general education reform and the community colleges: a case study of cross-purposes / George H. Higginbottom and Richard M. Romano -- Institutional policies that promote persistence among first-year community college students / Romero Jalomo, Jr. -- Conclusion: The future of the community college policy in the 21st Century / Susan B. Twombly and Barbara K. Townsend. |
| Summary |
This text addresses the various federal, state, and institutional policies affecting community colleges and speculates about future policy options within the current policy context. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Community colleges -- United States.
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Community colleges. |
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United States. |
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Higher education and state -- United States.
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Higher education and state. |
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Townsend, Barbara K.
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Twombly, Susan B.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Community colleges. Westport, Conn. : Ablex, 2001 1567505228 (DLC) 00025326 |
| ISBN |
058539444X (electronic book) |
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9780585394442 (electronic book) |
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0313003068 |
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9780313003066 |
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1567505228 (alkaline paper) |
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1567505236 (paperback) |
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