Leading in the middle

Understanding Community Colleges provides a critical examination of contemporary issues and practices and policy of community colleges. This contributed volume brings together highly respected scholars as well as new scholars for a comprehensive analysis of the community college landscape, including management and governance, finance, student demographics and development, teaching and learning, policy, faculty, and workforce development. Written for students enrolled in higher education and community college graduate programs, as well as social sciences scholars, this provocative new edition covers the latest developments in the field, including trends in enrollment, developmental education, student services, funding, and shared governance. At the end of each chapter, the Questions for Discussion section helps to bridge the gap between research and practice.https://scholarworks.wm.edu/educationbookchapters/1036/thumbnail.jp

Crossing Boundaries Creating Community College Partnerships to Promote Educational Transitions

Community college partnerships with institutions in other educational sectors (including schools and universities) are important and strategic ways of meeting the educational needs of college constituents and maximizing resources to achieve local and state economic development goals. Understanding what is required for effective partnerships is important in determining when and how to engage in these collaborative, but sometimes costly, arrangements. This article presents a model of partnership development that emphasizes the role of social and organizational capital in the formation of partnership capital that contributes to the long-term success of collaborative efforts

Women in Leadership: They Persist

This Spotlight Presentation features the expertise of higher education leaders at different stages of their career. These individuals pursued unique professional pathways within different educational contexts and been exposed to opportunities and challenges calling for a range of problem-solving skills. They will share experiences, what it means to advocate for oneself as a leader, for others, and how to create conditions for sustainable change supporting inclusivity within the complex, shifting landscape of higher education

New directions for community colleges

Publ. comme no 139, fall 2007 de la revue New directions for community collegesIndexBibliogr. à la fin des texte

Acceso y oportunidad de las mujeres en educación superior: hacia el siglo veintiuno

Este texto analiza el exceso y oportunidad de las mujeres en la educación superior. A partir del año 1960 en Europa, Norteamerica, América Latina y otros países del mundo, ha habido un aumento sustancial en el número y porcentaje de mujeres en la educación superior

ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report

Publ. comme no. 5, 1993 de la revue, ASHE-ERIC Higher Education ReportBibliogr.: p. 97-111Index: p. 113-11

Community College Governance: What Matters and Why?

This chapter sets the stage for understanding the importance of governance in the community college

Crossing disciplinary, institutional and role boundaries in an interdisciplinary consortium

To illuminate barriers to collaboration, this study examines who participates in cross-boundary scholarly collaboration most often and which types of boundary crossing (disciplinary, institutional, role) are engaged in most often. The data of this study came from an interdisciplinary consortium with five partner institutions, including one Historically Black College and University (HBCU). The core disciplines involved in the consortium are life sciences, computer science and math and engineering. Through statistical analysis, we determined that members of the consortium engaged more in interdisciplinary research than inter-institutional research. Participation in all boundary crossing collaborations was greater at the HBCU and students and postdocs were less likely than academics to cross-institutional boundaries