Minding the dream : the process and practice of the American community college /
Mellow, Gail O'Connor.
Minding the dream : the process and practice of the American community college / Gail O. Mellow and Cynthia M. Heelan. - Second edition. - xii, 358 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
An overview of the American community college -- Community colleges: private benefit or public good? -- Financing community college -- Measuring community college effectiveness -- Governance -- A changed pedagogy -- Leadership to guide the dream -- Global adaptations: international implications of the American community college model -- Developmental studies -- The transfer experience -- Economic and workforce development -- English as a second language -- Programmatic challenges of diverse demographics.
"Provides challenging, reflective, and practitioner-based information about community colleges that is data-based, clear, and accessible for the general reader as well as the scholar. New employees, current leaders, graduate students, legislators, and boards of trustees need a grounded sense of the magnitude of the community college sector. 'Minding the Dream' evokes the laudatory goals of the early pioneers of the community college movement, while accurately framing key programs and political conundrums challenging community colleges. 'Minding the Dream' celebrates community colleges' successes and is scrupulously honest about their failings."--
9781475811025 1475811020 9781475811032 1475811039
2014026965
GBB4B9855 bnb
Community colleges--United States.
Community colleges.
United States.
LB2328.15.U6 / M454 2015
378.1/5430973
Minding the dream : the process and practice of the American community college / Gail O. Mellow and Cynthia M. Heelan. - Second edition. - xii, 358 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
An overview of the American community college -- Community colleges: private benefit or public good? -- Financing community college -- Measuring community college effectiveness -- Governance -- A changed pedagogy -- Leadership to guide the dream -- Global adaptations: international implications of the American community college model -- Developmental studies -- The transfer experience -- Economic and workforce development -- English as a second language -- Programmatic challenges of diverse demographics.
"Provides challenging, reflective, and practitioner-based information about community colleges that is data-based, clear, and accessible for the general reader as well as the scholar. New employees, current leaders, graduate students, legislators, and boards of trustees need a grounded sense of the magnitude of the community college sector. 'Minding the Dream' evokes the laudatory goals of the early pioneers of the community college movement, while accurately framing key programs and political conundrums challenging community colleges. 'Minding the Dream' celebrates community colleges' successes and is scrupulously honest about their failings."--
9781475811025 1475811020 9781475811032 1475811039
2014026965
GBB4B9855 bnb
Community colleges--United States.
Community colleges.
United States.
LB2328.15.U6 / M454 2015
378.1/5430973