The Barbados community college experience : leading the Anglophone Caribbean in a global movement / Vivienne Roberts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, Vivienne, 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community colleges--Barbados.

Community colleges.

Barbados.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 306 pages : illustrations, charts ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Kingston, Jamaica : University of West Indies Press, 2020.

Summary:

"Establishes the genesis of the college and the ongoing impact of globalization and educational borrowing. It examines the North American community college's influence on the Caribbean pool, the global community college movement and its emerging global counterparts. By deriving five models of development in the region, Vivienne Roberts opens a new window to the community college experience in the anglophone Caribbean by bringing to the fore the reality of more than twenty relevant institutions".

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Context, Concepts and Processes

2. The Global Community College Context

3. The North American Community College Experience

4. The Global Movement and Community College Counterparts

5. The Community College in the English-Speaking Caribbean

6. The Barbados Community College: The Establishment Year, 1968

7. The Establishment Years under Clyde Best, 1969-1976

8. Filling the Gap with Arthur Sealy, 1976-1978

9. Growth and Consolidation Years under Alvin Barnett, 1978-1988

10. Expansion, Outreach and Reputation Building with Norma Holder, 1988-2004

11. A Phase of Uncertainty for Gladstone Best, 2004-2014

12. The Golden Age of Opportunities for Ian Austin and Others, 2015-2018

Appendices

Appendix 1 List of Principals

Appendix 2 List of Deputy Principals

Appendix 3 List of First Staff Members

Appendix 4 Board of Management Chairs

Appendix 5 Registrars, Bursars and Supervisor

Appendix 6 List of Senior Tutors

Appendix 7 Some Department Heads

Appendix 8 Staff Profile 2016

Appendix 9 Establishment Dates of Divisions

Appendix 10 International Formal and Informal Articulation Arrangements

Appendix 11 Articulation Arrangements with the University of the West Indies

Appendix 12 Dates of Introduction of Programmes

Appendix 13 Guild Presidents and Vice-Presidents

Appendix 14 Scholarship Regulations

Appendix 15 Annual Student Enrolment

Appendix 16 Questionnaire for Past Staff.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-289) and index.

ISBN:

9789766407629

9766407622

9789766407636

9766407630

9789766407643

9766407649

OCLC:

1139767520