NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Harbour, Clifford P.; Wolgemuth, Jennifer R. – Community College Review, 2015
Objective: The purpose of this article is to explain how central points developed in Dewey's 1916 "Democracy and Education" provide the rationale needed to adopt institutional and policy recommendations made by Grubb and Lazerson in their 2004 book, "The Education Gospel: The Economic Power of Schooling". Method: The central…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Vocational Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Harlacher, Ervin L.; Gollattscheck, James F. – Community College Review, 1992
Identifies challenges confronting community colleges entering the twenty-first century, concluding that dramatic changes in demography, social structures, and technology promise to shape a vastly different educational environment. Urges community colleges to address community problems and issues and empower citizens through the development of…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, College Role, Community Colleges, Community Coordination
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Travis, Jon E. – Community College Review, 1995
Discusses cooperation between community colleges and communities, outlining a view of the potential future of the colleges. Highlights the changing mission of the community college and suggests that it should be reconfigured into a comprehensive community education and service center to meet the needs of the future. (49 citations) (MAB)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Needs, Educational Responsibility
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Piland, William E.; Giles, Ray – Community College Review, 1998
Describes a study that investigated demographic changes in the community college presidency at 71 districts and 42 campuses from 1975 to 1995. Indicates that the number of women presidents has tripled since 1975, and the number of minority presidents has doubled. Contains two figures and 16 references. (JDI)
Descriptors: College Presidents, Community Colleges, Demography, Minority Groups
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Oromaner, Mark – Community College Review, 1981
Urges community college leaders to adopt a dialectical approach to the analysis of the impact of community colleges on the lives of individuals and the structure of society. Suggests research into changes in political and social attitudes of faculty and reviews Gouldner's post-Marxist analysis of class structure and struggle. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Postsecondary Education, Power Structure
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Boone, Edgar J. – Community College Review, 1973
Article discusses several fundamental considerations that undergird the rationale for adult education. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Colleges, Democratic Values
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Alfred, Richard L. – Community College Review, 1986
Argues that effective teaching is becoming progressively obsolete because of declining faculty involvement with teaching/learning. Identifies social change conditions affecting the teaching effectiveness of community college faculty. Discusses dimensions of alienation (i.e., powerlessness, meaninglessness, normlessness, isolation, and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Faculty College Relationship, Social Change