Next Steps for the Community College - New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 117

Klappentext This is the 117th issue of the quarterly journal "New Directions for Community Colleges." Zusammenfassung Provides an overview of the contemporary literature and practice in areas of major concern to community colleges such as: transfer rates! vocational education! remedial and developmental education! English as a second language! assessment of student learning! student services! faculty and staff! and governance and policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis EDITORS' NOTES (Trudy H. Bers! Harriott D. Calhoun). 1. Literature on Community Colleges: An Overview (Trudy H. Bers! Harriott D. Calhoun).2. Transfer Rates: A Problematic Criterion for Measuring the Community College (Barbara K. Townsend).3. Contemporary Vocational Models and Programs: What the Research Tells Us (Debra D. Bragg).4. Remediation at the Community College: Pressing Issues! Uncertain Solutions (Betsy Oudenhoven).5. English as a Second Language at the Community College: An Exploration of Context and Concerns (Amy J. Blumenthal).6. Assessing Student Learning Outcomes (Jeffrey A. Seybert).7. Challenges in Supporting Student Learning and Success Through Student Services (Terry E. Williams).8. Community College Faculty and Professional Staff: The Human Resource Challenge (Kim Gibson Harman! Sandria Rodriguez! Jennifer Grant Haworth).9. State Governance Patterns for Community Colleges (Cheryl D. Lovell! Catherine Trouth).10. Key Literature.Index.

Product details

• Authors: Bers, Trudy H. Calhoun Bers, Calhoun, Cc
• Assisted by: Bers (Editor), Trudy H. Bers (Editor), Harriot D. Calhoun (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.04.2002
• EAN: 9780787962890
• ISBN: 978-0-7879-6289-0
• No. of pages: 116
• Series: New Directions for Community C; New Directions for Community C
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education