The Urgency of Now

Equity and Excellence

Marcus M. Kolb, Samuel D. Cargile, Jason Wood, Nassim Ebrahimi, Lynn E. Priddy (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

150 Seiten

2015
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4758-1450-7 (ISBN)

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With the student body evolving quickly, and the looming challenge of the “completion agenda,” community colleges are facing circumstances like never before in serving all students and propelling them to fulfilling their education aspirations. The Urgency of Now suggests a way forward, with students and their learning at the center of what community colleges, and all of higher education, must do to generate graduates in possession of high quality degrees and credentials. Through considering comprehensive assessment, new roles for accreditation, faculty engagement strategies, and competency-based education, The Urgency of Now describes our current challenges and the ways we might meet those challenges for the 21st century institution.

Marcus Kolb is assistant vice president for assessment and academic policy at Ivy Tech Community College where he collaborates with faculty and staff to improve student learning. Samuel Cargile is vice president and senior advisor to the CEO at Lumina Foundation, where he served as one of the architects of the initiative Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count and led its transition to an independent nonprofit organization. Lynn Priddy serves as provost and chief academic officer of National American University following 14 years of service with the Higher Learning Commission. Nassim Ebrahimi is the director for Learning Outcomes Assessment at Anne Arundel Community College, including launching several campus-wide innovations in teaching and assessment. Jason Wood is president of Southwest Wisconsin Technical College. Prior, he served as executive vice-president for student and academic services at Central Wyoming College, including oversight of daily operations and development of new programs and services. Laurie Dodge is vice chancellor of institutional assessment and planning and vice provost at Brandman University. Dr. Dodge is a national leader in competency-based education and is serving as chair of the Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN)

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Urgency of Now: Equity and Excellence – Samuel Cargile
Chapter 1: Making the Case – Jason Wood
Chapter 2: The Accountable Institution from Compliance to Learning – Lynn Priddy
Chapter 3: Competency-Based Education – Laurie Dodge
Chapter 4: Integrated Outcomes Assessment – Nassim Ebrahimi
Chapter 5: Engaging Faculty – Marcus Kolb
Epilogue – Marcus Kolb and Samuel Cargile
Index
About the Authors

Reihe/Serie	The Futures Series on Community Colleges
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 235 mm
Gewicht	363 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4758-1450-X / 147581450X
ISBN-13	978-1-4758-1450-7 / 9781475814507
Zustand	Neuware