Minding the dream
Subtitle: the process and practice of the American community college
By: Gail O. Mellow and Cynthia Heelan.
Contributors: Heelan, Cynthia M.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9780742562929
Subjects: Community colleges -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-321) and index.
Table of contents: title: An overview of the American community college; title: Community colleges: private benefit or public good?; title: Financing community colleges; title: Measuring community college effectiveness; title: Governance; title: A changed pedagogy; title: Leadership to guide the dream; title: Global adaptations: international implications of the American community college model; title: Developmental studies; title: The transfer experience; title: Economic and workforce development; title: English as a second language; title: Programmatic challenges of diverse demographics.