Minding the dream : the process and practice of the American community college / Gail O. Mellow and Cynthia M. Heelan.

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."-- from the publisher.