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Schwartz, Robert B., Ed.; Lipson, Rachel, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2023
In "America's Hidden Economic Engines," editors Robert B. Schwartz and Rachel Lipson spotlight community and technical colleges as institutions uniquely equipped to foster more equitable economic growth across America's regions. As Schwartz and Lipson show, these colleges are the best-placed institutions to reverse the decades-long rise…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes, Educational Innovation
Kisker, Carrie B. – Harvard Education Press, 2021
In this book, Carrie B. Kisker illustrates how community colleges can utilize design thinking to identify and evaluate entrepreneurial opportunities, and experiment with the internal changes necessary to optimize outcomes for stakeholders. Kisker outlines a process whereby college leaders can empower faculty and staff to think creatively about how…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Community Colleges, Institutional Autonomy, Design
Hensel, Nancy H. – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2021
This book highlights the exciting work of two-year colleges to prepare students for their future careers through engagement in undergraduate research. It emerged from work in five community college systems thanks to two National Science Foundation grants the Council for Undergraduate Research received to support community colleges' efforts to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Student Research, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
Skipper, Tracy L., Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2017
The responsibility for college success has historically rested with the student, but since the 1980s, educators have taken increasing ownership of this, designing structures that increase the likelihood of learning, success, and retention. These efforts have included a variety of initiatives--first year seminars, learning communities,…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Academic Achievement, First Year Seminars, Undergraduate Students
Latiner Raby, Rosalind, Ed.; Valeau, Edward J., Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., 2016
This book brings together distinguished scholars, community college practitioners, and emerging leaders to expand upon existing theories, provide reflection on practice, and demonstrate the dynamic nature of community college internationalization. There is a special challenge for United States community colleges to move from selected international…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Global Approach, Advocacy, College Faculty
Duncan, Judith, Ed.; One, Sarah Te, Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
This edited international collection re-conceptualizes the place of early childhood education and care services (ECEC) within communities and challenges traditional approaches to family involvement and partnerships in ECEC. Using a range of theoretical positions, the authors present research-based discussions from five countries which challenge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Integrated Services, Early Childhood Education
Elsner, Paul A., Ed.; Boggs, George R., Ed. – American Association of Community Colleges, 2006
The contributors relate examples of situations in which leaders encountered unexpected and sometimes unprecedented incivility in their role as community college leaders. The chapters present their experiences, observations, lessons, and recommendations for handling crises that may befall leaders in an academic setting. This book contains the…
Descriptors: Leadership Responsibility, Ethics, Community Colleges, Interpersonal Relationship
Zeller, William J., Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2008
Residence life programs play a key role in recruiting students, helping them make a successful transition to a new institution, and in retaining them, whether students are enrolling for the first time, transferring from another institution, or entering graduate school. Chapters in this book address theories of learning and development, new…
Descriptors: College Housing, Dormitories, Student Adjustment, College Freshmen
Gordon, Ruby D. – 1974
To determine the effects of videorecording experience on the communication process in community college sophomore nursing students, 20 students were randomly assigned to two groups. One group received 90-minute sessions of videorecording/feedback experience twice weekly for five weeks. The control group was not exposed to the experimental…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research