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Community colleges : policy in the future context / edited by Barbara K. Townsend and Susan B. Twombly.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Educational policy in the 21st century ; v. 2.
- Educational policy in the 21st century ; v. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Community colleges--United States.
- Community colleges.
- Higher education and state--United States.
- Higher education and state.
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (322 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Preliminaries; Contents; Introduction; 1 Governmental Policies Affecting Community Colleges; 2 Federal Policies and Community Colleges A Mix of Federal and Local Influences; 3 Statewide Governance Structures and Two Year Colleges; 4 Accountability in Community Colleges Looking toward the 21st Century; 5 The Buffered and the Buffeted Institution Globalization and the Community College; 6 Policy Directions for K-14 Education-Looking to the Future; 7 State Policies and the Community College's Role in Workforce Preparation
- 8 State Dual Credit Policy and Its Implications for Community Colleges Lessons from Missouri for the 21st Century9 Statewide Transfer and Articulation Policies Current Practices and Emerging Issues; 10 Reframing Remediation as a Systemic Phenomenon A Comparative Analysis of Remediation in Two States; 11 Teaching and Learning in the New Information Age State System Policies for Technology; 12 SUNY General Education Reform and the Community Colleges; 13 Institutional Policies That Promote Persistence among First Year Community College Students
- Conclusion The Future of Community College Policy in the 21st CenturyIndex; About the Editors and Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798400629235
- 9780313003066
- 0313003068
- OCLC:
- 437171714
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