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Community colleges : policy in the future context

Author: Barbara K Townsend; Susan B Twombly
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Ablex, 2001.
Series: Educational policy in the 21st century, v. 2
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Barbara K Townsend; Susan B Twombly
ISBN: 1567505228 9781567505221 1567505236 9781567505238
OCLC Number: 43521059
Description: xiii, 308 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: PART I: NATIONAL LEVEL: Governmental policies affecting community colleges: a historical perspective / Arthur M. Cohen -- Federal policies and community colleges: a mix of federal and local influences / Cheryl D. Lovell -- Statewide governance structures and two-year colleges / Richard C. Richardson, Jr. and Gerardo E. de los Santos -- Accountability in community colleges: looking toward the 21st Century / Frankie Santos Laanan -- The buffered and the buffeted institution: globalization and the community college / John S. Levin -- PART II: STATE LEVEL: Policy directions for K-14 education: looking to the future / Margaret Terry Orr and Debra D. Bragg -- State policies and the community college's role in workforce preparation / Kevin J. Dougherty -- State dual credit policy and its implications for community colleges: lessons from Missouri for the 21st Century / Anthony G. Girardi and Robert B. Stein -- Statewide transfer and articulation policies: current practices and emerging issues / Jan M. Ignash and Barbara K. Townsend -- Reframing remediation as a systemic phenomenon: a comparative analysis of remediation in two state / Kathleen M. Shaw -- Teaching and learning in the new information age: state-system policies for technology / Rosa Cintron, Connie Dillon, and Tammy Boyd -- PART III: INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL: SUNY general education reform and the community colleges: a case study of cross-purposes / George H. Higginbottom and Richard M. Romano -- Institutional policies that promote persistence among first-year community college students / Romero Jalomo, Jr. -- Conclusion: The future of the community college policy in the 21st Century / Susan B. Twombly and Barbara K. Townsend.
Series Title: Educational policy in the 21st century, v. 2
Responsibility: edited by Barbara K. Townsend and Susan B. Twombly.

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