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Transforming the Academy: The Urgency of Recommitting Higher Education to the Public Good
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Cantor, Nancy – Liberal Education, 2020
In his 1990 book "Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate," Ernest L. Boyer set a stage of precedents for what is now seen as the pressing challenges for higher education. Boyer--who served as chancellor of the State University of New York, as US commissioner of education, and as president of the Carnegie Foundation for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, College Role, Student Diversity
N.J.'s Community College Compact: A Strategic Blueprint for Workforce Development Programs
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Nespoli, Lawrence A.; Lam, Linda; Farbman, Jacob – Community College Journal, 2004
Workforce development is the key to future economic growth. Community colleges stand ready to play the key role in workforce development programs across the country. For community college leaders, the connection between their colleges and workforce development is obvious. Community college leaders understand, for example, that community college…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Community Colleges, College Role, College Programs
A Collection of Best Practices: Summaries of the 2000 New Jersey Council of County Colleges Best Practices Conference (1st, North Branch, New Jersey, February 23, 2001).
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New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. Office of Community Coll. Programs. – 2001
This is a report on a best practices conference conducted by the New Jersey Council of Community Colleges. The conference was designed to allow the 19 state community colleges to share their most valuable innovations, programs, services, and other ideas for enhancing community college instruction, administration, and overall effectiveness. The…
Descriptors: College Programs, College Role, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Excellence and the Open Door: An Essential Partnership. A Report of the Commission to Study the Mission, Financing, and Governance of the County Colleges, State of New Jersey. Volume One.
New Jersey State Board of Higher Education, Trenton. – 1979
The objectives of this study of the county colleges in New Jersey were to: (1) examine their mission, governance, and financing; (2) determine whether philosophies and operating mechanisms of a period of expansion would provide sufficient support and direction for the future; and (3) make recommendations based upon the study. In addition to…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Articulation (Education), College Role
Building Partnerships: The Opportunities Ahead. The Report of the Panel on the Future Health and Vitality of the County Community Colleges.
Shenker, Joseph; And Others – 1987
Drawing from visits to all 19 two-year colleges in New Jersey and meetings with trustees, faculty, administrators, students, and other interested citizens, this report presents a series of recommendations for ensuring the future health and vitality of the state's county community colleges. First, introductory information is presented on the…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Articulation (Education), College Faculty, College Role