Rural community colleges
Subtitle: teaching, learning, and leading in the heartland
By: Pamela L. Eddy, John P. Murray, editors
Contributors: Eddy, Pamela L., editor; Murray, John P., editor
Series: New directions for community colleges -- no. 137
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2007
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
ISBN-13: 9780787997205
Subjects: Community colleges -- United States; Education, Rural -- United States; Rural schools; Education, Higher -- United States
Description: Sixty percent of American community colleges are located in rural areas, but urban colleges garner more publicity because of their larger enrollments. Rural institutions, however, play a significant role in their communities; they are often among the largest employers in the region, the single provider of low-cost post-secondary education, and the most significant provider of tools for economic development and cultural events.... This edition identifies issues rural leaders will likely encounter on their campuses and provides a set of tools and strategies to address those issues -- from cover.
Notes: "Spring 2007."

Includes bibliographic references and index
Table of contents: title: Classifying community colleges: how rural community colleges fit / David E. Hardy, Stephen G. Katsinas; title: The rural differential: bridging the resource gap / Charles Fluharty, Bill Scaggs; title: Connecting rural community colleges to their communities / Michael T. Miller, Daniel B. Kissinger; title: "Ruralizing" presidential job advertisements / Jay Leist; title: Engaging leaders as builders of sustainable rural communities: a case study / Molly M. Clark, Ed Davis; title: Recruiting and retaining rural community college faculty / John P. Murray; title: Faculty development in rural community colleges / Pamela L. Eddy; title: Residential living at rural community colleges / Pat G. Moeck, David E. Hardy, Stephen G. Katsinas; title: Connecting to the larger world: distance education in rural community colleges / Brent D. Cejda; title: Strategizing for the future / Pamela L. Eddy, John P. Murray