Canada's community college : a critical analysis / / John D. Dennison and Paul Gallagher

• Autore: Dennison John D
• Pubblicazione: Vancouver, : University of British Columbia Press, 1986
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (371 pages)
• Disciplina: 378.1543
• Soggetto topico: Community colleges - Canada; Public universities and colleges - Canada
• Altri autori: GallagherPaul <1929->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""PART Iâ€?ORIGINS AND HISTORY""; ""1. Influences on Community College Development""; ""2. New Colleges across Canada""; ""3. Characteristics of Canada's Community Colleges""; ""4. Transition to Today: The Emergence of College Systems""; ""PART IIâ€?ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE""; ""5. Colleges and the Future""; ""6. Colleges as Institutions""; ""IDENTITY""; ""ACCESSIBILITY""; ""ORGANIZATION""; ""7. The Politics of Colleges""; ""GOVERNANCE AND GOVERNMENTS""; ""MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP""; ""LABOUR RELATIONS""; ""8. Colleges and Excellence"" ; ""IMPROVEMENT OF INSTRUCTION""""GENERAL EDUCATION""; ""INSTITUTIONAL EVALUATION""; ""RESEARCH""; ""9. Colleges and Canada""; ""Appendices""; ""A. A Roster of Non-University Post-Secondary Institutions in Canada""; ""Maps""; ""B. Current Statistical Information on Colleges in Canada""; ""C. National Research Agenda Questionnaire""; ""D. Canada's ""First"" Community College""; ""Notes""; ""Canadian Bibliography on Colleges in Canada""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: Community colleges evolved in Canada during the "golden years" of educational innovation between 1960 and 1975. A diversity of factors - historical, socio-economic, political and educational - contributed to the development of college systems with distinctive goals and structures. This book is the first up-to-date and comprehensive study of a potent national educational and social phenomenon, largely unknown and largely unappreciated. The authors describe provincial and territorial college systems as they have evolved to 1985, discussing problems particular to each system and evaluating the extent to which often idealistic early goals have been realized. They identify key issues which are critical to the future of these systems and which, if ignored, will undermine community college education across Canada. These include accessibility, identity, relations with governments, management and leadership, and evaluation and accountability. In each case the authors draw upon their own expertise and experience to describe directions for resolution of these issues. The book contains a comprehensive and topical bibliography of both published and unpublished material related to many aspects of Canadian community college development. It also includes a French language bibliography. Unique in many aspects, this book is designed to interest both graduate and undergraduate students in adult and higher education and administration as well as those directly involved in community colleges, government education ministries and a broad lay public.
• Titolo autorizzato: Canada's community college
• ISBN: 1-283-22628-6; 9786613226280; 0-7748-5696-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780682803321
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