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Direct linkElrod, Rachael; Mielish, Julia – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
This study examines the strategic partnership and bottom-up style of management used by Wake Technical Community College (WTCC) in Raleigh, North Carolina. WTCC uses a strategic partnership initiative called SAIL (Succeed, Achieve, Improve, Learn), which engages employees to become involved in the process of institutional improvement. In the SAIL…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Community Colleges, Participative Decision Making, Strategic Planning
Miller, Lisa – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
This study expanded on previous models that looked primarily at student and support factors related to student retention and examined other stakeholder group functions not previously reviewed in relation to student retention. The research question assumed that greater faculty participation in campus decision-making and faculty satisfaction would…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Role, Academic Persistence, Teacher Influence
Slantcheva-Durst, Snejana – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
This study examines the dynamics of collaborative work that promote leadership as an outcome of team processes. Through an in-depth exploration of a community college that developed an organizational model of shared leadership over a period of seven months, this study aims to contribute to our qualitative understanding of how a vision of shared…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Participative Decision Making, Power Structure, Administrative Organization
Yarnall, Louise – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
Since the 1990s, federal programs for workforce training have aimed to transform the role of community colleges from narrow contract training to a broader role that encompasses strategic instructional program planning and innovation to support lifelong learning for a changing workforce and economic development (Jacobs & Teahen, 1996). Yet, to…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, School Business Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Group Dynamics
Grasmick, Lauren; Davies, Timothy Gray; Harbour, Clifford P. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
This grounded theory study addressed the issue of how community college presidents foster active, broad-based participation in campus decision-making processes. This study was based on in-depth interviews with nationally recognized community college presidents selected on the basis of their work in implementing participative governance within…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Community Colleges, Leadership, College Presidents
Smith, Joshua S. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2007
The study describes an initiative to increase retention at a 2-year college in the Northeast United States. The process involved a collaborative, intrusive advising approach to intervene with students at-risk for academic failure or experiencing difficulty with the transition to the college. Components of the mixed-method design included…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Faculty Advisers, Academic Advising, Counseling Techniques
