The completion agenda in community colleges : what it is, why it matters, and where it's going / Chris Baldwin ; with Richard L. Alfred and Debbie L. Sydow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baldwin, Chris, 1971- author.

Series:

Futures series on community colleges

The futures series on community colleges

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community colleges--United States--Administration.

Community colleges.

Community college graduates.

United States.

Administration.

Community college graduates--United States.

Educational surveys--United States.

Educational surveys.

Community colleges--Administration.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 147 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017.

Summary:

This book is intended to improve understanding about the complex issues surrounding the national college completion agenda. By highlighting the origins of this agenda and the dilemmas and opportunities it creates for community colleges, The Completion Agenda in Community Colleges: What It Is, Why It Matters, And Where It's Going describes the many innovations underway nationally. This book is an effort to bridge gaps between practice, policy, and research to provide the reader with a holistic view of community college response to the completion agenda. While this agenda is a positive development, it also raises some critical questions. What is the appropriate balance between open access and ensuring more students earn a credential? What can policymakers do to incentivize innovation among institutions without jeopardizing the strengths of community colleges? In an era of constrained resources, how can colleges improve outcomes when so many students enroll academically unprepared? And, perhaps most importantly, how can we collectively increase these outcomes while also ensuring that the credentials attained are high quality and with labor market value? Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Confluence of Pressures 1

2 Competing Logics for Community Colleges 19

3 Presidential Perspectives on the Completion Agenda 29

4 Emerging Consensus Embedded in Research, Policy, and Practice 49

5 Pitfalls and Potential of the Completion Agenda 83

6 Forging a Path to a Sustained Completion Agenda 107

7 Implications of the Completion Agenda for Equity and Quality: A Question of Resources 127.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Baldwin, Chris, 1971- Completion agenda in community colleges.

ISBN:

9781475809480

1475809484

9781475820683

1475820682

OCLC:

980858018