Urgency of Now (eBook)

Equity and Excellence

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

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2015
114 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-1452-1 (ISBN)

Infos

The Urgency of Now: Equity and Excellence asserts that in addition to being granted access to the community college, all 21st century students need uncompromised support to succeed. Success means demonstrating relevant learning for transfer and employment, and timely completion of credentials. Looking to the future, the authors contend that community colleges, both by their past successes and future challenges, are at the epicenter for determining the essential ingredients of a new student-centered system that guarantees equity and excellence.

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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.

Autor

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)

Inhalt

ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Urgency of Now: Equity and Excellence – Samuel CargileChapter 1: Making the Case – Jason WoodChapter 2: The Accountable Institution from Compliance to Learning – Lynn PriddyChapter 3: Competency-Based Education – Laurie DodgeChapter 4: Integrated Outcomes Assessment – Nassim EbrahimiChapter 5: Engaging Faculty – Marcus KolbEpilogue – Marcus Kolb and Samuel CargileIndexAbout the Authors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.9.2015
• Reihe/Serie: The Futures Series on Community Colleges
• Zusatzinfo: 3 Illustrations including: - 1 Black & White Illustrations; - 2 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lernhilfen ► Sekundarstufe I
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Schlagworte: community college • Education • higher education • Reference • Research
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-1452-6 / 1475814526
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-1452-1 / 9781475814521