Effective shared governance processes enhance institutional effectiveness and sustainability, but governance in higher education is complex. The concept of shared governance lacks common understandings and practice, and models are outdated and need to be more inclusive, nimble, and flexible. Community colleges are responsive institutions and…

This chapter summarizes trends, themes, and lessons from this volume and key credentialing initiatives supported by Lumina Foundation.

In this chapter, we discuss how the workforce development mission has evolved over the past 10 years, how the mission plays out at community colleges today, what it may look like in the future, and questions that need to be considered.

This chapter provides a summary of the aforementioned chapters and includes implications for policy and practice and lessons for the future as it relates to CTE programs and STEM education.

This chapter explores the theoretical and conceptual history of the global rise of the U.S. community college model, focusing on the common missing ingredient that remains elusive among the increasing numbers of these community-based institutions.

The six American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) leadership competencies that were developed in 2003 and 2004 are broad enough to cover most situations that leaders will experience. However, there are situations in which one or more of the competencies emerge as the most important. As situations change and as new challenges emerge,…

Besides the shift in community college funding from the state to the student, a number of other innovations and trends have emerged with respect to community college finances. This chapter explores some of these developments, including performance-based funding, changes in student and institutional eligibility for financial aid, changes in local…

Since 1986, with the creation of the Renovation ("Doi moi") policy, Vietnam has demonstrated a strong commitment to the improvement of its higher education system. After 25 years of opening its doors to the global educational environment, Vietnam has achieved some notable accomplishments. The country's higher educational system has…

Today's society is marked by massive political, social, and scientific transformations on a daily basis. However, these transformations are rarely discussed in the context of what it means to be an educated person. Our efforts to forecast, even for periods as little as five or ten years out, have been predicated on the assumption that the current…

Heightened national goals for degree attainment in the United States means increasing prominence for community colleges, which entails greater scrutiny in the form of accountability. Technology and a new generation of accountability measures appropriate to the distinctive community college mission are available to meet this challenge. This article…

Community colleges are facing difficult times. Resources are becoming increasingly scarce, enrollments are growing to unprecedented numbers, the student body is becoming increasingly diverse, the economic downturn continues to have an effect on curriculum and mission, increased demands for accountability are driving decisions, and faculty turnover…

Reviews some of the implications of the changing environment in which multiunit community colleges have operated since 1975, giving special attention to the chararacteristics and evolution of the current governance system at Florida Junior College. Suggests approaches to improve governance. (DMM)

Provides an overview of the five basic problems confronting the community college in delivering community services: financing, limits on growth, management, academic standards, and the role of community services faculty. (Author/NHM)

Addresses issues affecting the future of microcomputers in community colleges, e.g., the evolving college mission in the context of the new information society; strategic responses to meeting the needs of college constituencies; the adaption stages of new technology; and the choices facing community college leaders. (DMM)

Reviews the history of private liberal arts junior colleges, from the founding of Lasell Female Academy in 1851, to their zenith in the mid-1940s, and their decline in numbers and enrollments in the 1970s. Emphasizes their role in the development of egalitarianism within U.S. higher education. (DMM)