Guilford Technical Community College, 1958-2008
Subtitle: creating entrepreneurial partnerships for workforce preparedness
By: Lee W. Kinard. Jr
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Durham, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781594605581
Subjects: School-to-work transition; Guilford Technical Community College; Career education; Academic-industrial collaboration; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-451) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Guilford Industrial Education Center; title: GIEC to GTI; title: Growing pains; title: A second rate institution or a provisional open door?; title: What's in a name?; title: The gathering storm; title: Turmoil on the campus; title: A "Mickey Mouse" college?; title: Battles and leaders; title: Transition and revitalization: July-December 1967; title: Striving for significance; title: Accreditation and expansion; title: Medlin's first five years: 1967-1972; title: Projection 75: progress and challenge; title: Quest and crisis: joy and anxiety; title: Transition: Sugg to Owens and Owen; title: The Owen presidency: 1978-80; title: The beginning: managing chaos; title: GTCC: a brittle battle; title: GTOC: 1983-85, the early years; title: 1985-89: strategies for excellence; title: 1990-91: the Needham-Cameron transition; title: 1991-94: beginning to make a difference; title: 1993-94: the tech prep partnership; title: 1995-96: rethinking education; title: 1996-97: GTCC and WSJ; title: 1958-98: 40 years of building futures; title: 2000: GTCC at the millennium; title: 2001: creating, changing, achieving; title: 1991-2001: Don Cameron's first decade; title: 2002-03: managing in tough times; title: 2003-04: part I, quality enhancement and expansion; title: 2003-04: part II, visionary programs; title: 2004-05: part I, evaluation and regeneration; title: 2004-05: part II, refocusing on learning; title: 2006-07: part I, the Cameron presidency: year fifteen; title: 2006-07: part II, envisioning the future; title: Epilogue.