Reinventing the Open Door - Transformational Strategies for Community Colleges

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Gunder Myran Klappentext Reinvention is often the key to a successful transformation. Now discover how powerful partnerships between government agencies, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and community colleges are reinventing the open-door model of student access, student success, campus inclusiveness, and community engagement. Get an up-close look at the best practices empowering people to achieve their full potential-academically and professionally-with special attention paid to those who face barriers to success due to low income, limited job and literacy skills, and other challenges. Take an in-depth look at the open-door model, and learn how community colleges are responding to the new realities of their markets by building capacity, moving campuses toward a covenant of diversity, reclaiming the community college identity as "democracy's college," and reinventing workforce development and continuing education programs.

Product details

• Authors: Gunder Myran, Gunder A. Myran
• Assisted by: Gunder Myran (Editor), Gunder A. Myran (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2009
• EAN: 9780871173911
• ISBN: 978-0-87117-391-1
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Professional Development, EDUCATION / Leadership, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, Teaching staff, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, Teaching staff / Educators