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Download full textCognard-Black, Andrew J., Ed.; Herron, Jerry, Ed.; Smith, Patricia J., Ed. – National Collegiate Honors Council, 2019
The contributions in this collection provide important answers and compelling evidence that honors programming does contribute something above and beyond what honors students themselves bring to the educational experience. While many of the chapters rely on analytic methods that are more widely used in some fields than in others, authors have…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Outcomes of Education, Value Added Models, College Curriculum
Direct linkD'Amico, Mark M., Ed.; Lewis, Chance W., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2019
Community colleges serve as the open door to higher education for marginalized, place bound, and/or financially challenged students and communities. One of the key ways marginalization occurs in diverse geographies is through access limitations: access to affordable postsecondary education, access to curricula that lead to viable professions,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Teacher Education Programs, Student Diversity, Diversity (Faculty)
Tavares, Vander, Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
Canada has become one of the most popular destinations for international students at the higher education level. A number of complex factors and trends, both in Canada and globally, have contributed to the emergence of Canada as a destination for international higher education. However, more research is still needed to better understand the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Student Experience, Higher Education
Cejda, Brent D., Ed.; Murray, John P., Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
This volume contains the following papers: (1) Preparing to Hire the Best in the Perfect Storm (John P. Murray); (2) New Faculty Issues: Fitting In and Figuring It Out (Pamela L. Eddy); (3) An Approach to a Faculty Professional Development Seminar (Mary Bendickson and Karen Griffin); (4) Faculty Issues in Rural Community Colleges (Brent D. Cejda);…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Women Faculty, Personnel Selection, College Presidents
Grover, Stuart R. – Community College Press (NJ3), 2009
This book offers a comprehensive and detailed look at private fundraising in community colleges. In the foreward, Karen A. Stout, President, Montgomery County Community College, describes it as a "must-read" for aspiring and new community college presidents, academic leaders searching for ways to bring in new dollars to support new programs, and…
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Community Colleges, Private Financial Support, Ethics
Kissinger, Daniel B., Ed.; Miller, Michael T., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2009
This volume is a critical and objective study of the contemporary college student athlete. Framed around the process of recruitment, transition, and support of student athletes in higher education, the volume is a response to societal pressures to reform college athletics. Driven by publicity and the potential for revenue gains, colleges and…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Counseling Services, Higher Education, Publicity
Wright, Diane, Ed.; Miller, Michael T., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2007
Higher Education is a vibrant, changing field of study. With roots in multiple disciplines, these degree programs prepare the administrators, faculty, and policy makers who direct the current and future higher education enterprise. At a time when higher education is changing rapidly, these programs are poised to frame the future of an educated…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Community Colleges, College Programs, Marketing
Roueche, John E.; And Others – 1995
Drawing from a national survey of community colleges, this book documents trends in the employment and integration of part-time faculty in American community colleges. Chapter 1, "Focusing on the Problems: Part-Time Faculty in American Community Colleges," describes the economic, technological, and demographic imperatives generating the increased…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employment Patterns, Faculty Development, Faculty Evaluation
Gullickson, Arlen, Ed.; Lawrenz, Frances, Ed.; Keiser, Nanette, Ed. – JAI Press, 2004
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program is a diverse and dynamic set of projects intent on improving the USA's technical workforce. This book uses the ATE work as a means to focus on key issues for federally funded projects and all community colleges facing the difficult challenges of staying current…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Instructional Materials, Advisory Committees, Technology Education
Zeiss, Tony, Ed. – 1989
Designed to broaden community college practitioners' awareness of the needs of business and related opportunities for cooperation, this book describes the training needs of large and small business of all types; discusses the opportunities for two-year colleges to assist businesses in satisfying those needs; and highlights the major interests of…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Change, Economic Climate
Sparks, Linda, Comp. – 1993
This selective bibliography of approximately 900 items spans works written over several decades, and focuses on all aspects of undergraduate college admissions in the United States. References are included on admission to community colleges, 4-year colleges, and universities. Citations are from the education literature and include books, book…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Admissions Officers, Annotated Bibliographies
Ehrenberg, Ronald G., Ed. – 1994
This collection of four papers addresses the choices that students, teachers, and school administrators make in regard to their education and career paths. They include: (1) "Understanding Entry into the Teaching Profession" (Eric A. Hanushek and Richard R. Pace), which analyzes the characteristics of teachers in public elementary and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Colleges, Black Students, College Choice
Blumenthal, Amy, Ed.; Machado, Craig, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2006
The Perspectives on Community College ESL series brings into practical focus a wide and diverse array of reflective work on ESL education in U.S. community college settings. It draws on the broad mission and constituencies that community colleges throughout the country must embrace in order to be effective. Volume two, Students, Mission, and…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Job Training, College Programs, Cooperation
Cantor, Jeffrey A. – 1997
This book explains the process of designing, developing, and implementing cooperative apprenticeship, a form of structured workplace training in which an employer, employer group, or industry, union or other community-based organization joins forces with a vocational-technical school and/or community college to provide formal instruction that…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Admission Criteria, Apprenticeships, Community Colleges
Mattis, Mary C., Ed.; Sislin, John, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2005
Community colleges play an important role in starting students on the road to engineering careers, but students often face obstacles in transferring to four-year educational institutions to continue their education. "Enhancing the Community College Pathway to Engineering Careers," a new book from the National Academy of Engineering and the…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Engineering Education, Engineering, Community Colleges
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