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Sherman, Jane; Andreas, Michelle – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2012
How did Washington create a clear organizational structure that assigns responsibility for each aspect of transfer policy to the group that is best suited to manage it (Kisker, Wagoner, and Cohen, 2011)? In this chapter, the authors will introduce the agencies, organizations, and entities that have played a key role in gathering information,…
Descriptors: Transfer Policy, Technical Institutes, Universities, Community Colleges
McPhail, Christine Johnson; McPhail, Irving Pressley – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2006
This chapter delineates the essential elements of a framework for establishing mission priorities for community colleges. (Contains 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Institutional Mission, Needs Assessment, College Role
Farmer, Edgar I.; Key, Cassy B. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1997
Discusses the background and purpose of 1994's School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA). Focuses on the implementation of STWOA's three components (i.e., school-based learning, work-based learning, and connecting activities), highlighting the role of tech prep in joining school- and work-based instruction. Argues that community colleges are…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Labor Force Development
Furlong, Thomas E., Jr. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2003
Describes the efforts of St. Petersburg College (Florida) to offer teacher education baccalaureate degrees in elementary education, special education, and secondary education in math and science. States that community colleges seeking to offer the baccalaureate degree should be aware of the demands posed by funding, curriculum, marketing, student…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Role, Community Colleges, Degrees (Academic)
May, Paul B.; Katsinas, Stephen G.; Moore, Lin – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2003
Describes factors contributing to the successful planning and implementation of alternative teacher certification programs in one Texas community college school district. Asserts that if community colleges are to become major players in alternative teacher certification, they need to carefully assess the local market first, working in close tandem…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Associate Degrees, College Role, Community Colleges
Nixon, John S.; Lundquist, Sara – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1998
Argues for a new organizational culture of collaboration in the community college, one defined by student-centered goals. Discusses several projects that employ this new partnership model, specifically Santa Ana College's (California) Summer Scholars Transfer Institute, which developed from a collaborative assessment by the internal and external…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Change, Institutional Cooperation
Farmer, Edgar I., Ed.; Key, Cassy B., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1997
Focusing on the role of community colleges in implementing the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994, the 12 essays in this volume describe strategies and practices developed by colleges to address the provisions of the Act and help develop a global workforce. The following articles are provided: "Assessing the Community College Role in…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Curriculum, College Role, Community Colleges
Ryan, G. Jeremiah – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1993
Suggests that college compliance with external accrediting agency policies regarding outcomes assessment will not necessarily affect the internal academic environment. Recommends that outcomes assessment be presented to faculty as a student success approach, which does not threaten academic freedom or job security. Discusses the politics of…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrator Role, College Outcomes Assessment, College Presidents