Authors:Robert C. Cloud, Susan T. Kater,
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: community, colleges, single, issue, new, college, governance, directions
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2008-04-07
List price: $29.00
ISBN-10: 0470321342
ISBN-13: 9780470321348
Community college governance is a process for distributing authority, influence, and resources among internal and external constituencies. Having evolved from traditional public school bureaucratic and political models that emphasize control and oversight, community college governance is now a dynamic process with a host of participants. Gone are the days when presidents and trustees acted unilaterally on college issues. Although boards retain the legal authority to govern their colleges, prudent trustees now encourage broad-based involvement in governance. Nationwide, the trend is toward more
Authors:Townsend, Kevin J. Dougherty,
Publisher: Jossey-Ba
Keywords: community, colleges, single, issue, directions, new, college, missions, century
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2007-01-16
List price: $29.00
ISBN-10: 0787995754
ISBN-13: 9780787995751
This volume reexamines the community college’s functional missions in the context of both long-established and emerging societal missions. Written for college leaders, scholars, and policymakers, Community College Missions in the 21st Century addresses the most pressing questions concerning community colleges, including: Is the societal mission of a community college to provide postsecondary education to students who might not otherwise obtain it, or to be responsive to the needs of local communities, including business and industry? Should its dominant functional mission be to provide t
Authors:Debra D. Bragg, Elisabeth A. Barnett,
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: community, colleges, single, directions, issue, new, pathways, college, academic
Number of Pages: 120
Published: 2006-10-13
List price: $29.00
ISBN-10: 0787994227
ISBN-13: 9780787994228
Academic Pathways To and From the Community College examines local, state, and federal programs and policies designed to enhance opportunities for underserved students to enter and succeed in college, paying particular attention to community colleges. The volume focuses on academic pathways, including boundary-spanning curricula, instructional strategies, and organizational structures that link high schools with two and four-year colleges. Topics cover dual credit, dual enrollment, and early and middle college high schools, as well as career and technical education pathways, community
Author: Charles L. Outcalt
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: community, colleges, directions, single, issue, new, challenges, college, faculty, characteristics, practices
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2002-08-15
List price: $29.00
ISBN-10: 0787963283
ISBN-13: 9780787963286
This issue offers multiple perspectives on the ways community college faculty fulfill their complex roles. The first chapters draw on data from national surveys to provide a broad overview of the contemporary community college professoriate. Chapter authors also focus on community college faculty’s central responsibility: teaching. The volume next examines the practices and attitudes of particular groups of instructors, including part-timers, female faculty, and faculty of color. The concluding chapters explore faculty professional development, the formation of community within the commu
Author: Meredith Minkler
Publisher: Rutgers University Pre
Keywords: community, health, organizing, building
Number of Pages: 504
Published: 2004-09-28
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0813534747
ISBN-13: 9780813534749
"Even more than in the first edition, which was outstanding, Meredith Minkler distinguishes herself by her rare ability to recognize, collect, and integrate innovative ideas on community, organizing, and health."Richard A. Couto, author of To Give Their Gifts: Community, Health, and Democracy"For everyone working in and with communities to improve the publics healthprofessionals and community members alikethis uniquely comprehensive guidebook is the definitive resource."H. Jack Geiger, M.D., Arthur C. Logan Professor Emeritus of Community Medicine, City University of New York Medical
Author: Elizabeth Clare Prophet
Publisher: Summit Lighthouse Library
Keywords: community, spiritual, journey, heart
Number of Pages: 298
Published: 2002-10
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 097204020X
ISBN-13: 9780972040204
Author: Diana Leafe Christian
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Keywords: community, intentional, ecovillage, join, finding
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2007-05-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0865715785
ISBN-13: 9780865715783
Finding community is as critical as obtaining food and shelter, since the need to belong is what makes us human. The isolation and loneliness of modern life have led many people to search for deeper connection, which has resulted in a renewed interest in intentional communities. These intentional communities or ecovillages are an appealing choice for like-minded people who seek to create a family-oriented and ecologically sustainable lifestyle—a lifestyle they are unlikely to find anywhere else. However, the notion of an intentional community can still be a tremendous leap for some—deterr
