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Leon, Bianca R. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study is to examine a community college district Grow Your Own (GYO) leadership program in the Western United States, the Multi College Leadership Development Institute (MCLDI). The MCLDI was developed in-house for a multi-campus community college district and offered to interested employees at all position levels with the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Leadership Training, Leadership Qualities, Attitude Measures
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Kerrigan, Monica Reid – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2014
This convergent parallel design mixed methods case study of four community colleges explores the relationship between organizational capacity and implementation of data-driven decision making (DDDM). The article also illustrates purposive sampling using replication logic for cross-case analysis and the strengths and weaknesses of quantitizing…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Mixed Methods Research, Case Studies, Data
Davis, Adriene Leanora – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Since the 2008-2009 academic year, community colleges in the state of California have faced a budget reduction of 12%. This represents a reduction of $809 million in state appropriations. Despite the reduction in funding, the California Master Plan for Higher Education includes provisions for community colleges to develop quality workforce…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Case Studies, Best Practices, Financial Problems
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Friedel, Janice Nahra – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2008
This chapter uses Kentucky and Iowa as case studies to identify the contextual factors affecting the relationship between workforce development and state community college governance.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Governance, Case Studies, Context Effect
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Ozaki, C. Casey; Amey, Marilyn J.; Watson, Jesse S. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2007
This chapter revisits the partnerships described in this volume using the model outlined in Chapter One and introducing social and organizational capital as a largely ignored factor in the development and sustainability of partnerships.
Descriptors: Human Capital, Futures (of Society), Case Studies, Community Colleges
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Watson, Jesse S. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2007
This article examines a partnership that developed among a superintendent, a community college administrator, and a four-year college administrator to deliver secondary and postsecondary education to a Midwestern high school district and its neighboring communities. This partnership helped transform the process of transition from high school to…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Community Colleges, Partnerships in Education, Administrators