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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790578903321

Autore

Sydow Debbie

Titolo

Re-visioning community colleges [[electronic resource]] : positioning for innovation / / Debbie Sydow and Richard Alfred

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md. ; ; Plymouth, England, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2013

ISBN

1-4422-1487-2

1-4422-1488-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Collana

American Council on Education series on community colleges

Altri autori (Persone)

AlfredRichard

Disciplina

378.1/5430973

Soggetti

Community colleges - United States

Community colleges - Evaluation

Community colleges - United States - Administration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; On the Threshold of Restructuring; 1 Breaking Barriers, Boundaries, and Beliefs; 2 Paradox of the Present; 3 Organizing for Innovation; 4 Shape of the Future; Epilogue: Perspective and a Change in Focus; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Re-visioning Community Colleges has the foresight into the shape that community colleges will likely take in the future. Their predictions are based on an analysis of the growth and innovation trajectory in community colleges as they respond to the dramatic changes in the field.