In summer 2003, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation awarded a grant to the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) to address the national need for community college leaders. An extensive data-gathering process, part of the AACC Leading Forward project, resulted in the creation of the AACC competencies for community college leaders. This…

Collaborative efforts appear to have great potential for increasing effectiveness and efficiency in the fiscally constrained environment of higher education. However, they represent a relatively new organizational arrangement about which we know very little. To better understand this new arrangement, it is helpful to consider the conditions that…

A special communication technique called "chartering" can lead to improved understanding between technical/vocational educators and their constituencies. (Editor)

Presents a change strategy to forge new options for lifelong learners, focusing on ways to gain institutional acceptance and continuing support for lifelong learning programs in higher education. (JM)

Provides an overview of the topic of extending educational services to disabled students, a detailed description of the necessary steps in developing and implementing a comprehensive program, and a discussion of an exemplary program at De Anza College in California. (AYC)

Describes a developmental model for a comprehensive and decentralized women's program developed at Lane Community College (Oregon), discusses the advantages and disadvantages of its approach, and provides some do's and don't's relevant to the administration of women's programs. (AYC)

Offers guidelines on the development of nontraditional study abroad programs (i.e., those open to sophomores and seniors as well as juniors and to students without foreign language proficiency). Discusses program promotion, and student recruitment, selection, orientation, and reentry to the U.S. Stresses the need for a full-time program director.…

Articles in this sourcebook discuss six strategic areas of community college management: external relations, internal communication and working relationships, financial resources development and allocation, program and service development, staff development, and strategic planning. First, "Strategic Management in the Community College,"…

Discusses the growth of the assessment movement, reviews the different measures of student performance being requested by state agencies, and describes institutional responses to state mandates. Offers guidelines for implementing an effective assessment program. (DMM)

Evaluates a community college leadership development program provided by the Association of California Community College Administrators (ACCCA). A total of 129 participants answered questionnaires regarding the effectiveness of the program. Responses were then coded and analyzed in terms of apparent patterns or themes. Outlines some benefits of…