Community colleges
Subtitle: policy in the future context
By: edited by Barbara K. Townsend and Susan B. Twombly.
Contributors: Townsend, Barbara K.; Twombly, Susan B.
Series: Educational policy in the 21st century -- v. 2
Publisher: Ablex
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Community colleges -- United States; Higher education and state -- United States; Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: PART I: NATIONAL LEVEL: Governmental policies affecting community colleges: a historical perspective / Arthur M. Cohen; title: Federal policies and community colleges: a mix of federal and local influences / Cheryl D. Lovell; title: Statewide governance structures and two-year colleges / Richard C. Richardson, Jr. and Gerardo E. de los Santos; title: Accountability in community colleges: looking toward the 21st Century / Frankie Santos Laanan; title: The buffered and the buffeted institution: globalization and the community college / John S. Levin; title: PART II: STATE LEVEL: Policy directions for K-14 education: looking to the future / Margaret Terry Orr and Debra D. Bragg; title: State policies and the community college's role in workforce preparation / Kevin J. Dougherty; title: State dual credit policy and its implications for community colleges: lessons from Missouri for the 21st Century / Anthony G. Girardi and Robert B. Stein; title: Statewide transfer and articulation policies: current practices and emerging issues / Jan M. Ignash and Barbara K. Townsend; title: Reframing remediation as a systemic phenomenon: a comparative analysis of remediation in two state / Kathleen M. Shaw; title: Teaching and learning in the new information age: state-system policies for technology / Rosa Cintron, Connie Dillon, and Tammy Boyd; title: 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; title: Institutional policies that promote persistence among first-year community college students / Romero Jalomo, Jr.; title: Conclusion: The future of the community college policy in the 21st Century / Susan B. Twombly and Barbara K. Townsend.