Community college leadership and management : reframing institutional practices for student success / Carlos Nevarez and J. Luke Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nevarez, Carlos, 1969- author.

Wood, J. Luke, 1982- author.

Contributor:

Peter Lang Publishing.

Series:

Education management (New York, N.Y.)

Education management : context, constituents & communities ; vol. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community colleges--Administration.

Community colleges.

Community college presidents.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

xl, 495 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., [2020]

Summary:

"This textbook places emphasis on reframing college practices in order to advance student success. This calls for leaders to be well versed on promising strategies which have illustrated evidence in advancing academic success. Such practices include intrusive academic advising, exit interviews with dropouts and graduates, and the use of technology to supplement face-to-face academic counselor advising. These leaders are aware of and welcome the challenges and opportunities a changing student population presents to community colleges. The authors critically analyze and call for a deconstruction of conventional practices and the construction of new approaches to understand how student success is envisioned. For example, a redefinition of what constitutes student success is advanced. A redefinition of student success-as the attainment of an academic, vocational, career, or personal goal-is put forth. This broader perception, definition, and meaning of student success is not limited to or constrained by an accountability paradigm. It is driven by the need to capture a more complete picture of the trajectory of contemporary and traditional enrollees from increasingly diverse backgrounds: students whose goals do not fit solely and neatly into two traditionally dominant outcomes like graduation and transfer. It is the role of community college leaders to affirm, inculcate, and communicate this more nuanced definition, allowing it to guide the vision and mission, programs, policies, and practices of the institution. Nevarez and Wood support their arguments through various models, frameworks, research findings, case studies, and presentation of self-reflective questions aimed at advancing reflective community college scholar-practitioners"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Section I Core Functions of Community Colleges: Past, Present, and Reframing the Future

Chapter 1 The Community College Vision and Mission p. 3

Chapter 2 Historical Legacy of Community Colleges p. 33

Chapter 3 Community College Demographic Trends p. 71

Chapter 4 Achievement Gap and the Role of Community Colleges p. 117

Chapter 5 Advancing Student Success in the Community College p. 163

Chapter 6 Community College Finance p. 191

Chapter 7 Community College Governance p. 223

Chapter 8 Community College Emerging Trends p. 255

Section II Leadership for Change in Community Colleges

Chapter 9 Leadership and Leadership Theory p. 289

Chapter 10 Ethical Leadership and Decision Making p. 317

Chapter 11 Community College Faculty p. 353

Chapter 12 Instructional Leadership and the Community College p. 389

Chapter 13 Leadership in Student Affairs p. 413

Chapter 14 Reframing Leadership Development in the Community College p. 453.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Nevarez, Carlos, 1969- Community college leadership and management

ISBN:

9781433174452

1433174456

OCLC:

1133662637

Publisher Number:

99986025199