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The Art of Teaching Versus Teaching the Arts
Authors: Barshis Don
Published: October 2006

If we look at some of the key assumptions underlying mastery learning, we may be able to determine whether there are basic contradictions between the pedagogy and any assumptions of humanistic education.
Counseling in a Multi‐College System: The Los Amigos Experience
Authors: Thurston Alice S.
Published: October 2006

Since the majority of community college students are enrolled in multi‐unit systems, the services they receive merit special attention.
Sources and Information: Counseling and Academic Advisement
Authors: Palmer Jim
Published: October 2006

Further resources from the ERIC system provide additional information on counseling and academic advisement in community and junior colleges.
The new community college and the search for community
Authors: Eskow Seymour
Published: October 2006

Changes in society call for an entirely new organizing princip0le in education that would tie the community college to associations of adult men and women.
Working with Communities as Centers of Special‐Interest Groups
Authors: Hyland John
Published: October 2006

Community‐related education involves colleges in the social struggles of their constituencies, in the renegotiations of accepted roles and practices, and it creates the setting for challenging programs.
Joining others for community economic development
Authors: Borgen Joseph A. , Shade William B.
Published: October 2006

The concern that exists in all localities about the health of their economic base can become a rallying point for areawide cooperation among community groups.
Understanding communities as centers of action for state and federal interests
Authors: Goldberg Edward D.
Published: October 2006

The nexus between federal and state interests, on the one hand, and local communities as centers of action, on the other, will become increasingly important and more complex over the next several years. Various techniques can help facilitate the connections among government and community groups.
Sources of information: A Review of the Literature
Authors: Palmer Jim
Published: October 2006

The experiences of other colleges and communities working together, as documented in the literature, are helpful to community colleges embarking on this new mission.
Meeting the Challenges with New Leadership Development Programs
Authors: Elsner Paul A.
Published: October 2006

Community colleges are forced to mold and select future leaders from the shaky, on‐the‐job crucible of politics, pressure groups, internal lineage, and word of mouth. This approach will not supply the farsighted, innovative thinking needed for an effective response to tomorrows demands.
Building leadership expertise through on‐the‐job experience
Authors: LeCroy R. Jan
Published: October 2006

Leadership development is a process that must continue beyond the experiences provided in graduate education. This chapter examines the role that work experience plays in leader preparation from the perspective of a unique program in the Dallas Community College District.
Computer‐Assisted Writing
Authors: Levin Robert L.
Published: October 2006

English faculties are discovering that the computer can be a valuable new medium for student writers. word processing and related programs are bringing innovative strategies to composition classrooms and writing centers.
Sources and Information: Microcomputers
Authors: Palmer Jim
Published: October 2006

Further resources from the ERIC system provide additional information on instructional and other applications of microcomputers at the postsecondary level.
Integrating academic planning and budgeting
Authors: McClenney Byron N. , Chaffee Ellen Earle
Published: October 2006

Does the budget implement the important institutional values? Effective college management depends on the answer to this question.
Developing new sources of student financial aid
Authors: Bauske David R.
Published: October 2006

As federal sources of student aid decrease and costs increase, higher education seeks new sources of financial aid funding.
Managing and investing college funds
Authors: Taylor Charles E. , Greenway Dennis
Published: October 2006

Every institution, regardless of size, deserves mature financial management. Somewhere amid the purchase orders, budget printouts, and campus traffic tickets, there must be help for the campus business officer as she or he wears the investment manager's hat.
Strengthening financial management: An agenda for the future
Authors: Campbell Dale F.
Published: October 2006

Challenges of rapid technological developments, a changing economy, increasing competition, and a crisis in identity are forcing community college leaders to develop new competencies and adaptive strategies.
Characteristics of minority group trustees
Authors: Lacey Jerry
Published: October 2006

Community colleges serve large proportions of the minority students in higher education. This chapter, based on a national survey, examines the growing role of minority trustees in the college governance system.
Trustee participation in professional activities
Authors: Newton Wayne T.
Published: October 2006

Participation in Professional organizations, involvement with special interest committees, and attendance at meetings, seminars, and conventions are important trustee obligations.
The trustee role in accreditation
Authors: Simmons Howard L.
Published: October 2006

This chapter defines the proper role of trustees in the accreditation process, suggests concrete and positive approaches to trustee involvement, discusses factors that negatively affect trustee participation, and recommends future possibilities.
The trustee role in college personnel management
Authors: Jasiek Clem R. , Wisgoski Alfred , Andrews Hans A.
Published: October 2006

The board has an important role to play in determining personnel management policies.
Sources and information: The community college trustee
Authors: Zwemer Diane
Published: October 2006

This chapter lists material abstracted from recent additions to the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system to provide further information on community college governance.
Maintaining faculty vitality
Authors: Altshuler Thelma C. , Richter Suzanne L.
Published: October 2006

Maintaining faculty vitality in the face of heavy teaching loads and the unrelenting challenge of underprepared students requires conscious effort and planning on the part of faculty members and academic administrators.
Sources and information: Maintaining institutional integrity
Authors: Palmer Jim , Zwemer Diane
Published: October 2006

Material abstracted from recent additions to the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system provides further information on issues related to institutional integrity.
Part‐time faculty: The value of the resource
Authors: Munsey William R. C.
Published: October 2006

The advantages of employing part‐time faculty in an era of financial retrenchment are numerous and compelling.
Part‐ time faculty: Nemesis or savior?
Authors: Vaughan George B.
Published: October 2006

Part‐time fuulty are necessary to the very survival of most community colleges as they exist today. Colleges must learn to assess the overall savings and costs of employing them.
Maintaining commitment to quality education
Authors: McGuire John M. , Miller Eldon
Published: October 2006

The commitment to quality education in the midst of declining enrollments and budgets requires community colleges to consider more than student credit hours and costs per student when cutting back programs.
Sources and information: Decision making in hard economic times
Authors: Palmer Jim
Published: October 2006

This chapter provides further sources of information on controversial issues facing community college decision makers.
From mass to class in higher education
Authors: Birenbaum William M.
Published: October 2006

Educational institutions whose standards and practices encourage the segregation of people and ideas are unfit to pursue excellence in an open‐admissions society.
The devaluation of transfer: Current explanations and possible causes
Authors: Bernstein Alison
Published: October 2006

The community college stall represents the first two years of college for millions, but fewer than ever are transferring to four‐year colleges.
Lifelong learning: A new form of tracking
Authors: Zwerling L. Steven
Published: October 2006

Continuing education is potentially the most unequal form of higher education.
Indebendent students at two‐year institutions and the future of financial aid
Authors: Hansen W. Lee , Stampen Jacob O.
Published: October 2006

Current financial aid practices are diverting funds from traditional‐age students to independent adult students.
Strangers to our shores
Authors: London Howard B.
Published: October 2006

Community college students who are the first in their families to find their way into higher education face distinctive problems, both on campus and at home. Their difficulties are related to the social role of the community college.
Editor's notes
Authors: Voegel George H.
Published: October 2006

George H. Voegel is dean of educational services at William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Illinios. His responsibilities include a comprehensive learning resource service, adult education, tutoring, and academic computing seruices. His wide experience with instructional improvement programs, consortium work, and workshops on the appropriate use of technology in instruction and his service to numerous state and national organizations enable him to provde leadership to the community college field on the application of technology to the learning process.
Telecourses: Using technology to serve distant learners
Authors: Purdy Leslie N.
Published: October 2006

Telecourses challenge faculty and administrators to produce quality materials that exploit the special features of television and to design new support services for students who can profit from this new form of instruction.
Technoloqyc for education: Promises and problems
Authors: Anandam Kamala
Published: October 2006

Despite the application of technology, classroom instruction has changed very little, and while accountability in term of contact time remains intact, little progress is likely to be made in enhancing the human aspects of teaching.
Sources and information: Instructional technology at community colleges
Authors: Palmer Jim
Published: October 2006

Drawing on the materials catalogued by the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), this chapter cites further sources of information on instructional technology at the community college.
The role of institutional research in evaluation of nontraditional programs: College preparatory analysis at miami‐dade community college
Authors: Morris Cathy , Losak John
Published: October 2006

Early, if incomplete, research findings can help direct a strategy of considerable value in evaluation of nontraditional programs.
The student information questionnaire as a management tool for community college planning
Authors: Moss Judith
Published: October 2006

A questionnaire provides data to support the planning process, not only for administrators and faculty but also for external groups in the local community and statewide.
The impact of enrollment research on marketing decision making and class offerings
Authors: Rankan Gary
Published: October 2006

Formative research allows for a managed decision‐making process in day‐to‐day activities during enrollment.
Sources and information: Institutional research at the community college
Authors: Zwemer Diane
Published: October 2006

Additional resources abstracted from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) prouide further information on institutional research.
The politics of remediation
Authors: Spear Martin B. , McGrath Dennis
Published: October 2006

The politics of remediation reflects the struggle by community colleges to develop a distinctive identity.
Academic support services for developmental and high‐risk students in community colleges
Authors: Carbone Gilbert J.
Published: October 2006

Learning assistance programs are vital to the pedagogical mission of the community college.
Reading and developmental education
Authors: Piepmeier Karen S.
Published: October 2006

Because the new generation of students has diverse needs, reading should be taught in many ways.
Science and developmental education
Authors: Craven Gene F.
Published: October 2006

The current community college focus on basic communication, arithmetic, and study skills for the developmental education student is insufficient. To function in modern society, all citizens need to understand basic science concepts.
Mathematics and developmental education
Authors: Strowbridge Edwin D.
Published: October 2006

The developmental teacher is the key to successful learning in mathematics.
Federal government involvement in technical curriculum development
Authors: Nealon John G.
Published: October 2006

The federal government has long had a role in developing technical curricula for community college and technical institutes.
Accrediting occupational programs
Authors: Stoodley Roland V.
Published: October 2006

Everyone on campus is affected by accreditation.
Articulating secondary and postsecondary occupational programs
Authors: Arnold Joseph P.
Published: October 2006

This chapter presents essential concepts, strategies, and recommendations for implementing vertical articulation between occupational programs at high schools and two‐year colleges.
Sources and information: Occupational program development at the postsecondary level
Authors: Doty Charles R. , Hardy Mary P.
Published: October 2006

This chapter provides an annotated bibliography of relevant materials made available through the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC).
Expansion, quality, and testing in american education
Authors: Resnick Daniel P.
Published: October 2006

Student assessment efforts are historically linked to the ebb and flow of public confidence in the nation's schools and colleges.
The other side of assessment
Authors: Hirsch Peter M.
Published: October 2006

Community colleges will be asked to respond to calls for increased educational excellence while maintaining access to educational opportunity for students who are least prepared to succeed. Accountability‐based assessment rather than compliance‐based testing will be required to accomplish this task.
Assessment and improvement in education
Authors: Losak John
Published: October 2006

Perhaps it is time to shift the focus of our attention from statewide mandated testing to classroom testing, surely a neglected area on most campuses.
Value‐added assessment: College education and student growth
Authors: Belcher Marcia J.
Published: October 2006

Gains in learning are expected of college students. This chapter reviews the pros and cons of value‐added assessment and proposes several alternative approaches.
A primer on placement testing
Authors: Morante Edward A.
Published: October 2006

Because the proficiencies of entering students have declined met the past twenty years, the need for placement testing has increased greatly. This chapter discusses the factors to be considered in developing assessment and placement programs: which students should be tested, how testing should be carried out, which tests should be used, and how tests should be interpreted.
Sources and information: Student assessment at community colleges
Authors: Palmer Jim
Published: October 2006

Materials abstracted from recent additions to the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system provide further information on student assessment at community colleges.
Public relations and marketing
Authors: Savage Daniel D.
Published: October 2006

Public relations can win community support for the college.
Sources and information: Reaching employer and student markets
Authors: Colby Anita Y. , Hardy Mary P.
Published: October 2006

This chapter offers an annotated bibliography of ERIC documents and articles.
Winning together: Negotiating transfer agreements in allied health
Authors: King Elizabeth C.
Published: October 2006

Transfer agreements in allied health can be successfully negotiated by using competency‐based education as the theoretical framework.
An information‐driven articulation model
Authors: McCrary Richard D.
Published: October 2006

Where public articulation mandates are few, community colleges must devise their own approaches to articulation. The Dallas County Community College District has updated the traditional student services approach to transfer advisement with an extensive hard copy information system.
Sources and information: Policy and practice in articdation and transfer
Authors: Colby Anita Y. , Hardy Mary P.
Published: October 2006

This chapter provides an annotated bibliography of ERIC documents and journal articles on national, state, and institutional efforts to improve articulation.
The personnel function in two‐year colleges
Authors: Haag‐Mutter Priscilla , Jones C. Wayne
Published: October 2006

Two‐year colleges must be directed to a new threshold of comprehensiveness in their organization for effective personnel administration.
Organization and staffing
Authors: Midkiff Stephen J. , Come Barbara
Published: October 2006

This chapter concentrates on personnel management, to describe the impact and ramifications of the personnel department for the growth of the entire college operation.
Performance appraisal
Authors: Holloway Mary Louise
Published: October 2006

Without a definable and effective appraisal system, decisions related to employee development and career path become unfocused. The entire organization suffers because no systematic feedback on performance is available.
Staff development and training
Authors: Rostek Stephen , Kladiuko Deborah Jean
Published: October 2006

Staff development is becoming a high‐priority issue in two‐year colleges. This chapter outlines the essential elements of a staff development program.
Legal aspects of personnel management in higher education
Authors: Kaiser Michael G. , Greer Dwight
Published: October 2006

State and federal laws have complicated the personnel function at two‐year colleges. Personnel professionals must keep abreast of developing issues, such as AIDS and drug testing, that may have impacts on the community college in the future.
Sources and information: Personnel management in community coueges
Authors: Mabry Theo N.
Published: October 2006

Although they are relatively few, sources of information on topics of importance to two‐year colleges can prove very useful.
Helping students learn
Authors: McCartan Anne‐Marie
Published: October 2006

Colleges continue to provide the same traditional learning settings and structures to all students, despite the fact that the settings are often unsuccessful with young high‐risk students. Learning communities, skills across the curriculum, and work experience programs offer hope for engaging high‐risk students in the learning process.
New world school of the arts: Beyond dual enrollment
Authors: Muller Katharine
Published: October 2006

Hard work, commitment, and cooperation among three educational entities have created a dual enrollment program that will encompass grades ten through the master's degree.
Curriculum as public policy
Authors: Kerschner Lee R.
Published: October 2006

With the public demanding greater accountability in higher education, it may be time to acknowledge a role for decision makers outside academia in developing curriculum.
The kellogg foundation and curriculum reform
Authors: Richmond James M.
Published: October 2006

Why did the Kellogg Foundation's support of community colleges drop so sharply after such auspicious beginnings?
Images of community colleges for the twenty‐first century
Authors: Savage Daniel D.
Published: October 2006

While the community college's policy of open admissions often seems incompatible with public perceptions of educational quality, these colleges can build on their dominant image of being comprehensive to project a distinctive image of quality in the twenty‐first century.
A search for institutional distinctiveness: Overview of process and possibilities
Authors: Townsend Barbara K.
Published: October 2006

Ascertaining both internal and external constituents' perceptions of the institution may suggest new possibilitics for distinction.
Using what an institution learns in the search for distinctiveness
Authors: Templin Robert G.
Published: October 2006

A community college can best utilize research on institutional distinctiveness when it is related to the college's particular stage of organizational development and when research findings are integrated with strategic planning and decision‐making processes.
Tracking systems and student flow
Authors: Bers Trudy H.
Published: October 2006

This chapter defines the various factors that currently emphasize the need for comprehensive student tracking systems in community colleges.
Tracking students in community colleges: The unreported challenges
Authors: Bers Trudy H. , Rubin Alan M.
Published: October 2006

This chapter examines the efforts of Oakton College to track and communicate with students in academic difficulty.
Trends and issues: Student tracking systems at community colleges
Authors: Palmer Jim
Published: October 2006

In addition to exploring the trends and issues in the development of student tracking systems, this chapter's references prowide a good source for further research and study.
Student development philosophy: A perspective on the past and future
Authors: O'Banion Terry
Published: October 2006

Student development philosophy and practice is a cornerstone of the community college character that is not always cemented firmly in place.
Trends and issues in student development
Authors: Curry Jennifer , Young Brian
Published: October 2006

Examining the literature on current trends in student development informs an evaluation of their influence on theory and practice.
The community college foundation tody. A. History, characteristics, and assets
Authors: Angel Dan , Gares Dale
Published: October 2006

Community college foundations have come of age, with 1988 combined dollars exceeding a quarter of a billion.
Foundation restricted funds, a special application: Miami‐Dade's endowed teaching chair
Authors: Traylor Horace Jerome , Katsinas Stephen G. , Herrmann Siegfried E.
Published: October 2006

Miami‐Dude has a consistently high track record in soliciting corfiorate donations. Their most recent approach, which transfers the endowed chair concept from the four‐year to the two‐year institution, has been remarkably successful and has become a national model for other community colleges.
A case for commercial development of college property
Authors: McDowell Richard W. , Lindner W. Kenneth
Published: October 2006

Commercial development of college land requires the deft hand of the college's board of trustees. Schoolcraft College has integrated the public and private sectors compatibly.
Performance contracting: Profits and perils
Authors: Spence Charles C. , Oliver Jeffrey G.
Published: October 2006

Higher education, especially at research universities, has long felt the economic impact of grant funds. For the community college, the performance contract may provide an equal opportunity for alternate funding.
The adjunct/full‐time faculty ratio
Authors: Smith Milton L.
Published: October 2006

Are part‐time faculty vital, experienced professionals who add to the quality of the private junior college experience, or are they hired to ease the salary burden on the budget? The answer is elusive.
Sources and information: Internationalizing the community college
Authors: Cape Ruth I. , Colby Anita Y.
Published: October 2006

This chapter provides an annotated bibliography on international education, including general overviews and materials on curriculum development, international business education, foreign students, and international student exchange.
The LRC's role in helping faculty internationalize the community college curriculum
Authors: Bailey Liz , Buchanan Nancy E. , Holleman Margaret
Published: October 2006

Librarians are joining faculty in efforts to internationalize the curriculum, expand the concept of community, and generate a global perspective in students and the public.
LRC‐based professional development
Authors: Major Howard
Published: October 2006

The 1990s offer LRCs exciting opportunities to expand their historical involvement in institutional faculty and staff development programs, which strongly influence the quality of instructional and support programs.
Active learning and the LRC
Authors: Ducote Richard L. , Tibbals Alicia T. , Prouty Steven E.
Published: October 2006

A central instructional role for the learning resources center can result from the community college's dedication to achieving excellence in education through promotion of active learning and use of experiential labs in all disciplines.
LRC microcomputer services for instructional support
Authors: Rusk Michael D.
Published: October 2006

The LRC is the logical place in the community college for linking faculty and students with microcomputer‐based learning technology.
A survey of user education programs in community college LRCS
Authors: Dubin Eileen
Published: October 2006

LRC staffs, within current restrictions, need to initiate and evaluate innovative instruction that accommodates nontraditional students, incorporates new technology, and develops critical‐thinking skills.
The coordinated research model in a multicampus district
Authors: Jones Janis Cox
Published: October 2006

In a multicampus district, “coordinated decentralization” may be the best approach to fostering a focus on research and organizational change.
The centralized‐decentralized research model
Authors: Orion Marylin
Published: October 2006

Elements of the centralized and decentralized institutional research models are combined to address the research needs of a mediumsize community college.
Research by voluntary consortium
Authors: Doucette Don , Seybert Jeffrey A.
Published: October 2006

The Kansas Community College Research Consortium was organized to respond to increased demands for accountability that were being made by the Kansas legislature and by local governing boards.
History of WAC and its role in community colleges
Authors: Ambron Joanna
Published: October 2006

The WAC philosophy constitutes one approach to coping with underprepared students and providing them with the skills to become lifelong learners and productive citizens.
Toward a new paradigm in writing across the curriculum
Authors: Spear Martin B. , McGrath Dennis , Seymour Evan
Published: October 2006

Traditional WAC practices need to be reevaluated in light of contemporary literacy problems in community colleges.
The WAC workshop
Authors: Bertch Julie , Fleming Delryn R.
Published: October 2006

Given diverse college needs and resources, WAC workshops vary widely in style and complexity, but planners can profit by following certain guidelines.
Literacy and learning: Integrated skills reinforcement
Authors: Anderson JoAnn Romeo , Eisenberg Nora , Wiener Harvey S.
Published: October 2006

Integrated skills reinforcement (ISR)is a faculty development program that trains subject‐area teachers in strategies that help students use all their language skills—reading, writing, speaking, and listening—to learn course content.
Beyond writing across the curriculum: The community communication corps
Authors: Witt Stanley P.
Published: October 2006

The Community Communication Corps, a partnership between education and business in the promotion of communication skills, provides the opportunity for a real‐world educational experience that is exciting and rewarding.
Sources and information
Authors: Williams Dana Nicole
Published: October 2006

An annotated bibliography presents ERIC documents and journal articles on Writing Across the Curriculum programs in community colleges.
Community college access: Barriers and bridges
Authors: Cardenas Raul , Warren Elizabeth
Published: October 2006

Community colleges provide a crucial link in the educational chain. Institutions must ensure that their policies and programs promote access for those who need it most.
Ten steps to successful minority hiring and retention
Authors: Gares Dale V. , Delco Exalton A.
Published: October 2006

The college that does not make efforts in orientation and support will probably lose more minority faculty in the 1990s than it will gain.
Revitalization efforts
Authors: Angel Dan , Barrera Adriana
Published: October 2006

What American higher education needs in the 1990s is to move the issue of rekindling minority participation to the top of our national, state, and institutional agendas.
Investing in human capital: State strategies for economic development
Authors: Nespoli Lawrence A.
Published: October 2006

As state leaders look for ways to incorporate the concept of human capital into their official policy making, why should community colleges be part of the response?
Work force development through distance learning
Authors: Miller LaVerne W.
Published: October 2006

Telecourses are providing opportunities in the workplace for “lunchtime learning.” Americans are sold on convenience, and distance learning is convenient.
Sources and information: Community colleges and economic development
Authors: Hirshberg Diane
Published: October 2006

An annotated bibliography is provided on community colleges in relation to economic development, including general background on the topic, descriptions of community college services to business, and overviews of community college participation in state and local economic development activities.
Scholarship and the academic dean
Authors: Perkins James R.
Published: October 2006

As the institution's instructional leader, the community college academic dean can help establish scholarship as an integral part of the campus environment.
Assessing critical thinking
Authors: Cromwell Lucy S.
Published: October 2006

Critical thinking ability can be assessed in the classroom by attending to principles of assessment.
Skipping on the brink of the abyss: Teaching thinking through writing
Authors: Sheridan James J.
Published: October 2006

Writing is an excellent heuristic for making students aware of and teaching them how to use critical thinking strategies.
Great teaching, great learning: Classroom climate, innovative methods, and critical thinking
Authors: Litecky Lawrence P.
Published: October 2006

The same strategies that one uses to be a good teacher, in general, also apply to the teaching of critical thinking.
Teaching critical thinking in vocational‐technical and occupational classes
Authors: Heyman George A. , Daly Elaine R.
Published: October 2006

Vocational, technical, and occupational faculty need concrete strategies for preparing their students for the workplace of today.
Sources and information: Critical thinking skills instruction in the community college
Authors: Hirshberg Diane
Published: October 2006

An annotated bibliography is provided on the integration of critical thinking skills into the community college curriculum, including general background on the topic, the application of critical thinking skills in developmental education classes, the incorporation of these skills into writing instruction, and the application of skills instruction across the curriculum.
Accreditation and transfer: Mitigating elitism
Authors: Prager Carolyn
Published: October 2006

Community colleges have borne the brunt of criticism about diminishing transfer rates. Accreditation bodies, as well as baccalaureate institutions, must also share in the task of encouraging academic persistence.
Academic advising, retention, and transfer
Authors: King Margaret C.
Published: October 2006

As the only structured service on campus that guarantees students some kind of interaction with a concerned representative of the institution, academic advising is critical for student retention and successfull transfer.
Advising multicultural populations for achievement and success
Authors: Brown Thomas , Rivas Mario
Published: October 2006

Effective multicultural advising requires an awareness and acknowledgment of cultural differences and a sensitivity to various individual biases.
Sources and information: Accreditation and the community college
Authors: Deckelbaum David
Published: October 2006

An annotated bibliography on accreditation and the two‐year college is provided. It includes publications on self‐evaluation studies, educational outcomes and outcomes assessment, and the use of the accreditation process as a planning tool, and general articles.
Rethinking the business of management
Authors: Alfred Richard L. , Carter Patricia
Published: October 2006

Traditional management approaches may not serve colleges well in a market characterized by quality‐conscious customers, aggressive competitors, and tightening resources.
Adapting institutional structure and culture to change
Authors: Parilla Robert E.
Published: October 2006

An adaptive institution is one that knows a lot about itself through faculty and staff who are involved in identifying challenges and in creating programs to meet changing needs.
Students first!: Reconceptualizing support services
Authors: Hudgins James L. , Oliver Sandi , Williams Starnell K.
Published: October 2006

Colleges that put students first are concerned with what students learn and how they are treated. Students who are educated in such an environment receive the added benefit of exposure to quality management and customer‐oriented organizational culture. Ultimately, student satisfaction affects retention and future enrollment growth.
Beyond work force literacy: The hidden opportunities of environmental literacy
Authors: Cumming Bob
Published: October 2006

As a result of the need of U.S. industry to become more competitive with foreign markets, issues surrounding workplace literacy have emerged. In many instances, our current work force is illiterate in relationship to the new environment of the workplace.
Graduation requirements, general education, and the liberal arts
Authors: Brinkman Charles R.
Published: October 2006

Do associate degree completion requirements or stated requirements relate to the curriculum? Is there a pattern between what colleges offer and graduation requirements?
The status of faculty in community colleges: What do we know?
Authors: Carter Deborah J.
Published: October 2006

A challenge for community college leaders will be to move beyond the rhetoric and push for increasing the employment opportunities for faculty of color.
Achieving diversity among community college faculty
Authors: Nicholas Freddie W. , Oliver Arnold R.
Published: October 2006

Three decades after the beginning of the civil rights movement, community colleges still lack an adequate minority faculty presence on their campuses. Changes to promote diversity will require awareness, leadership, dialogue and long‐range planning.
Bridging the gap: Recruitment and retention of minority faculty members
Authors: Owens Jerry Sue , Reis Frank W. , Hall Kathryn M.
Published: October 2006

Community colleges are changing in the missions they perform and the constituencies they serve, and it is imperative that the faculty reflect these changes.
Minority faculty recruitment and retention strategies: The maricopa experience
Authors: de Los Santos Alfredo G.
Published: October 2006

A dramatic change in the demographics of Phoenix public schools led the Maricopa Community College System to take forceful steps to diversify its faculty and staff.
Latent and leveraged benefits of assessment: Expanding the value of assessment information
Authors: Spangehl Stephen D.
Published: October 2006

Many institutions have yet to see the benefits of assessment beyond meeting external agency mandates, but assessment can yield many fruitful benefits, increasing an institution's self‐awareness and improving programs and services.
Assessment and transfer: Unexamined complexities
Authors: Mittler Mary L. , Bers Trudy H.
Published: October 2006

The mobility of students brings added complexities to the assessment arena; students are being asked to take tests or participate in assessment activities at multiple institutions with virtually no collaboration among schools.
Assessment from the president's perspective
Authors: Fonte Richard
Published: October 2006

Because a president is ultimately accountable for assessment of an institution's effectiveness and efficiency, he or she should play a proactive role in mobilizing institutional resources for assessment; balancing the apparent conflicts between assessing for effectiveness, for efficiency, and for improvement; and communicating assessment results to various constituencies.
Sources and information: Assessment and the community college
Authors: Foote Elizabeth
Published: October 2006

This annotated bibliography on institutional assessment in two‐year colleges includes publications on assessment methods, student outcomes studies, the use of assessment as a planning tool, and general articles.
Opening the shutter
Authors: Valadez James R. , Killacky Jim
Published: October 2006

Rural and urban divides need to be bridged if long‐term solutions to rural problems are to be found, and the role of the rural community college as educational provider and community organizational ader is central to success.
The small rural community college in 1994 and beyond: One president's view
Authors: Reichard Donald L.
Published: October 2006

In this case example ofa rural community college, the president traces the college' recent efforts to reposition itself in order to increase its effectiveness as a viable community organization.
Distance eduation: The Way of the future for rural community colleges
Authors: MacBrayne Pamela S.
Published: October 2006

Distance education is now a part of the higher education agenda, and this chapter provides examples to illustrate its influence and impact on rural community colleges.
The story behind proprietary schools in the United States
Authors: Honick Craig A.
Published: October 2006

The author reviews the history of proprietary schools and argues that convergence with community colleges is a possible but not a necessary direction.
Proprietary schools and community colleges: The next chapter
Authors: Hawthorne Elizabeth M.
Published: October 2006

The author reviews the arguments presented and tentatively concludes that convergence is more apparent than real, but that if external pressures continue or increase, it may become reality.
“Love yourself enough”
Authors: McCarty Marietta
Published: October 2006

Because societal good depends on the interdependence of its individual members, community service is a unique opportunity to care for yourself and others.
Sources and information: Current programming in civic literacy and community services
Authors: Henriksen Janel Ann Soulé
Published: October 2006

This chapter presents additional educational programs related to civic literacy and community services. The importance of providing a community‐centered focus for each curriculum is also discussed.
Legacy of the post‐WWII growth years for community college leadership programs
Authors: Young Raymond J.
Published: October 2006

This chapter discusses the interplay between developments in the field and the emergence of graduate and continuing education programs for community college leaders in the thirty years following World War II. It concludes with a critical analysis of the legacy of those programs.
Diversity, discourse, and democracy: Needed attributes in the next generation of community college leadership programs
Authors: Gibson‐Benninger Barbara S. , Ratcliff James L. , Rhoads Robert A.
Published: October 2006

Graduate courses can help students understand democratic models of leadership, which recognize the leadership potential of all faculty and staff, not simply the college president.
Improvement of biventricular function after transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect: A case report
Authors: Lam Yat‐Yin , Yu Cheuk‐Man
Published: October 2006

We report a 17‐year‐old man presented with palpitation. Echocardiography demonstrated secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) with marked right sided dilatation, indicating significant left to right intracardiac shunting. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging performed 3 months after transcatheter ASD closure demonstrated marked improvement in biventricular systolic function. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Percutaneous closure of a para‐anastomotic abdominal aortic graft leak
Authors: Alzubaidi Abdulmajeed , MacDonald Shaun , Clement Jason , Webb John G.
Published: October 2006

Para‐anastomotic graft leaks are a potential complication following surgical repair of an aortic aneurysm. Reoperation may be associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We report successful percutaneous transcatheter closure of an anastomotic graft leak utilizing an occluder device. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Iatrogenic left internal mammary artery–coronary vein anastomosis treated with covered stent deployment via retrograde percutaneous coronary sinus approach
Authors: Sheiban Imad , Moretti Claudio , Colangelo Salvatore
Published: October 2006

Objectives: Percutaneous treatment of acquired coronary fistula with covered stent Background: Acquired aorto‐coronary fistulae (ACF) is a rare complication of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Surgical repair has been generally recommended, but percutaneous techniques have also been described; coils were used primarily in smaller fistula while double umbrella or vascular occlusion devices were used in larger ones. To the best of our knowledge the use of coronary covered stent has never been reported. A 73‐year‐old man underwent CABG in November 2004 for unstable angina and left internal mammary artery (LIMA) was anastomized to left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery. Three months later he underwent a control angiogram to check for the reappearance of effort angina, which demonstrated an inadvertent LIMA—great cardiac vein (GCV) anastomosis. After discussions, an attempt to close the ACF with implantation of a covered stent was performed. Methods: Using a percutaneous right internal jugular vein approach, coronary sinus was selectively cannulated and a 0.014‐in. coronary guide wire was advanced selectively to the GCV, then a covered stent was deployed across the anastomotic site, obtaining the immediate occlusion of the ACF. Results: No contrast medium flowed into the distal part of the GCV at the reinjection of the coronary sinus and a selective injection into LIMA showed the absence of flow through LIMA, confirming the occlusion of the anastomotic site. Conclusions: We have demonstrated successful occlusion of an iatrogenic ACF by using percutaneous stenting of GCV with covered stent via coronary sinus approach, which seems to be technically less demanding, safer, and time sparing. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Transcatheter closure versus medical therapy of patent foramen ovale and cryptogenic stroke
Authors: Thanopoulos Basil (Vasilios) D. , Dardas Petros D. , Karanasios Evangelos , Mezilis Nicholaos
Published: October 2006

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of device closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) versus antiplatelet therapy in patients with cryptogenic stroke (CS). Background: There are no controlled data to support the therapeutic value of PFO closure with a device compared to medical treatment in patients with CS. Methods: We performed a nonrandomized, prospective, patient preference case series comparing the recurrence rate in 92 patients with PFO and CS who were treated either with antiplatelet agents (44 patients) or underwent catheter closure (48 patients) using the Amplatzer PFO occluder (APFOO). All patients completed a 2‐year follow‐up. Results: PFO closure group. Immediate complete closure (CC) was observed in 44/48 (91%) patients. Four (9%) patients had a minimal residual shunt immediately after the procedure. One patient developed hemopericardium that was successfully managed by pericardiocentesis. No other complication was observed. Follow‐up. PFO closure group. Contrast bubble study at 6‐month follow‐up confirmed CC in all 48 patients. No complications were observed. Antiplatelet therapy group. Three (6%) and 6 (13%) patients had a major and minor hemorrhagic event, respectively. The average incidence of embolic events/year was 0 and 14.75% for the PFO closure group and the antiplatelet therapy group, respectively (P < 0.001). Conclusions: PFO closure using the APFOO is a rational alternative to medical treatment in patients with CS. Larger randomized clinical trials are required to support the use of this device over the other PFO occluders and medical therapy. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Update of carotid stent trials
Authors: Daniel George K.
Published: October 2006

As is the case in many vascular territories, endovascular treatment of extracranial carotid artery disease is becoming a rival alternative to surgery. Results of carotid artery stenting (CAS) are improving with the introduction of embolic protection devices, improved technology, and increasing operator experience. Multiple clinical studies have shown results in favor of CAS as opposed to carotid endartrectomy (CEA) in patients considered at high risk for surgery. Current ongoing trials are examining both treatment options in low and intermediate risk patients in prospective randomized protocols. With the recent FDA approval of carotid stent systems, we are entering a new era in the treatment of carotid artery disease. An update of modern carotid stent studies, as well as stent versus surgery studies in the current era is needed. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Sirolimus for below the knee lesions: Mid‐term results of SiroBTK study
Authors: Commeau Philippe , Barragan Paul , Roquebert Pierre O.
Published: October 2006

Objectives: To assess the safety and efficacy of sirolimus‐eluting stents (SESs) in the treatment of severe intermittent claudication and critical limb ischaemia with “below‐the‐knee” lesions, unsuitable for surgery. Background: Limited published evidence suggests that drug‐eluting stents may offer significant improvements in the treatment of infrapopliteal lesions. Methods: Thirty consecutive patients with either severe intermittent claudication or critical limb ischemia (CLI), category 3–6 of Rutherford classification, and multivessel disease of infrapopliteal arteries (≥2 vessels) were treated with SES. Sixty‐two arteries were treated with 106 SES. Mean age was 73.9 years, 77% of patients were male and 36% diabetic. The primary endpoint was clinical improvement and healing of ulcers at short term (1 month) and mid term (7.7 months). The secondary endpoint was primary vessel patency rate (angiographic or duplex assessment). All patients received clopidogrel (75 mg daily) or ticlopidine (150 mg daily) for 2 months or longer. Results: Angiographic and procedural success was achieved in all patients. At 7 months (7.7 ± 5.8), it was necessary to amputate 1 toe in one patient and 1 mid‐foot in another. Limb salvage was obtained in 100% of patients. Other events were: two cardiac deaths unrelated to CLI, one stroke with hemiparesia, one initial reperfusion syndrome, one contralateral CLI, and three recurrent homolateral claudication cases. All surviving patients had a mid‐term clinical improvement with 97% of primary patency (56 patent arteries on 58 arteries). Conclusion: Treatment of “below‐the‐knee” lesions with SES may provide an alternative treatment for patients with CLI. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Retinoic acid is required for endodermal pouch morphogenesis and not for pharyngeal endoderm specification
Authors: Kopinke Daniel , Sasine Joshua , Swift Jennifer , Stephens W. Zac , Piotrowski Tatjana
Published: October 2006

Lateral view of the head of a 30 hours post fertilization Tg(foxd3:gfp) zebrafish embryo expressing GFP in neural crest cells which will differentiate into pigment cells and cells in the pharyngeal arches (anterior is pointing up). The embryo is double labeled with the antibody Zn8 in red, which labels four endodermal pouches in between neural crest filled pharyngeal arches, as well as sensory ganglia. See Kopinke et al., Developmental Dynamics 235:2695–2709, 2006. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.