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Viggiano, Tiffany; López Damián, Ariadna I.; Morales Vázquez, Evelyn; Levin, John S. – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2018
This qualitative investigation explains the ways in which community college decision makers justify the inclusion of international students at three community colleges in the United States. We identify and explain the ways in which decision makers rationalize institutional policy--particularly recruitment strategies and motivations--related to…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Foreign Students, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
Levin, John S.; López Damián, Ariadna I.; Martin, Marie C.; Vázquez, Evelyn Morales – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2018
This qualitative investigation addresses three "new universities" in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta and their presidents' ascriptions of organizational identity to their universities. Through extended, semi-structured interviews and narrative analysis, this investigation uses organizational identity theory and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Community Colleges, Organizational Change
Levin, John S.; Martin, Marie C.; López Damián, Ariadna Isabel; Hoggatt, Michael J. – Community College Review, 2018
Objective: With both policy pressures from state governments, including states' funding behaviors, and the logic of the institution deeply ingrained over decades, community colleges face considerable challenge in reconciling conflicting values and requirements. Yet, as organizations they adapt to survive, and outcomes of adaptation may lead to an…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Policy, State Policy, Educational Change
Levin, John S.; Viggiano, Tiffany; López Damián, Ariadna Isabel; Morales Vazquez, Evelyn; Wolf, John-Paul – Community College Review, 2017
Objective: In an effort to break away from the stale classifications of community college students that stem from the hegemonic perspective of previous literature, this work utilizes the perceptions of community college practitioners to demonstrate new ways of understanding the identities of community college students. Method: By utilizing Gee's…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Student Characteristics, Administrator Attitudes
Levin, John S.; Aliyeva, Aida; Walker, Laurencia – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2016
This qualitative investigation of higher education institutional development addresses new universities that were former community colleges in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. Stemming from an original study conducted nearly two decades earlier, this investigation's data were collected from the same institutions and from similar…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Transfer Programs, College Transfer Students, Social Change
Haberler, Zachary; Levin, John S. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
To address the achievement or opportunity gap of underrepresented populations in community colleges, this qualitative field methods study investigated five California community college programs that have demonstrated progress in improving (or show significant potential to improve) student achievement. This research found that promising practices…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Best Practices, Effective Schools Research, Academic Achievement
Levin, John S.; Aliyeva, Aida – Review of Higher Education, 2015
Although there are claims that neoliberalism has not only commandeered the agenda and actions of universities and colleges but also become identified with the work of academic professionals, there is little empirical evidence to show that neoliberalism has infiltrated the work of faculty. This qualitative field work investigation of three…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Teacher Behavior, Qualitative Research, College Faculty
Levin, John S. – Academe, 2012
In this article, the author discusses the disparate reality of full-time academic labor in public institutions of higher education in the United States. As more and more reports on US higher education point to deteriorating conditions for faculty members and threats to their professional status, those who teach in colleges and universities need to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Labor, College Faculty, Tenure
Levin, John S.; Jackson-Boothby, Adam; Haberler, Zachary; Walker, Laurencia – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
This qualitative investigation of the experiences of faculty of color at community colleges identifies current conditions for this population and suggests potentials for ameliorating conditions that inhibit their job satisfaction. We argue that the current conditions for faculty of color, based upon their expressed experiences at the community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, African American Teachers, Work Environment
Levin, John S.; Montero Hernandez, Virginia – Review of Higher Education, 2014
This article addresses the identity claims of part-time faculty at three types of higher education institutions. Using culture theory and professional identity theory, the article documents that part-time faculty members across institutions have a divided sense of identity. On the one hand, they perceive themselves as professionals based on their…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Part Time Faculty, College Faculty, Professional Identity
Levin, John S.; Haberler, Zachary; Walker, Laurencia; Jackson-Boothby, Adam – Community College Review, 2014
This investigation examines and explains the ways in which community college faculty of color construct their understandings of institutional culture. We investigate four community colleges in California through interviews with 31 full-time faculty of color. This faculty group expresses identity conflicts between their professional roles and their…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Organizational Culture, African American Teachers, College Faculty
Levin, John S.; Beach, Josh M.; Kisker, Carrie B. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2009
We address the emphasis of the California Community College system upon credentials in their effort to document student outcomes. Statewide curricular awards (associate degrees and certificates) were collected over a four-year period. Data were organized descriptively and analyzed in order to identify long term trends. These curricular trends are…
Descriptors: Credentials, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Educational Attainment
Levin, John S.; Cox, Elizabeth M.; Haberler, Zachary; Cerven, Christine – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
While students at both four-year institutions and community colleges enroll in remedial coursework, policymakers look to community colleges to be the main, if not sole, providers of basic skills education. Policy makers argue that community colleges are the most cost-efficient and appropriate places to provide this instruction (Bettinger &…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, College Students, Community Colleges, Academic Achievement
Levin, John S. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2008
Practitioners at individual community colleges and in-state agencies recognize the struggles of disadvantaged students, yet their combined efforts do not overcome the policies and practices that are contrary to advancing and aiding large student populations. In this article, an empirical investigation is briefly outlined, and the complex issue of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Disadvantaged, Social Mobility, State Agencies
Levin, John S.; Cox, Elizabeth M.; Cerven, Christine; Haberler, Zachary – Community College Review, 2010
This study identifies and examines the key practices of California community college programs that have demonstrated success in improving (or that have shown significant potential to improve) the achievement of underrepresented groups whose educational attainment often lags behind the attainment of relatively well-off White students. Unlike many…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Industry, Educational Attainment, College Programs