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Edmunds, T. Keith – College Quarterly, 2017
Since their creation, community colleges have had a mandate to be responsive to their communities, often through relationships with local business. As globalization and technological advancements increase pressure on small businesses (SMEs), the role of colleges in helping these SMEs to innovate in order to survive becomes clearer. Relationships…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Barriers, Small Businesses, Community Colleges
Russell, H. Jill – ProQuest LLC, 2009
A qualitative, hermeneutic phenomenological study conducted through interviews with 20 non-traditional (NT) Hispanic/Latino female part-time community college students and located at an urban community college in southern New Jersey explored for factors of persistence and discontinuation. Six themes emerged. Theme 1: Institutional persistence…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Academic Persistence, Familiarity, College Environment