What Excellent Community Colleges Do

Preparing All Students for Success

Joshua S. Wyner (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2014
Harvard Educational Publishing Group (Verlag)
978-1-61250-649-4 (ISBN)

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In What Excellent Community Colleges Do, Joshua S. Wyner draws on the insights and evidence gained in administering the inaugural Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. The book identifies four domains of excellence - degree completion, equity, student learning, and labour market success - and describes in rich detail the policies and practises that have allowed some community colleges to succeed in these domains. By starting with a holistic definition of excellence, measuring success against that definition, and then identifying practises and policies that align with high levels of student success, the author seeks to contribute to the growing body of knowledge about improving student success in community colleges.

Joshua S. Wyner is the founder and executive director of the Aspen Institute's College Excellence Program. Anthony P. Carnevale is research professor and director of Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workplace.

CONTENTS

ix Foreword

INTRODUCTION
1 Community Colleges
A Call to Progress

ONE
11 Completion and Transfer
Creating Clarity in a Culture of Choice

TWO
41 Equity and Developmental Education
Confronting the Tension Between Access and Success

THREE
65 Learning Outcomes
Engaging Faculty in Change They Understand

FOUR
95 Labor Markets
Tying Learning and Credentials to Jobs and Community

FIVE
117 The Community College President
Driving to Excellence in a Fast-Changing Environment

CONCLUSION
141 The Path Ahead
Urgency and Uncertainty

APPENDIX A
147 Seven Colleges Featured in This Book

APPENDIX B
155 Aspen Prize Data

159 Notes
175 Acknowledgments
177 About the Author
179 Index

Vorwort	Anthony P. Carnevale
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 228 mm
Gewicht	280 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
ISBN-10	1-61250-649-6 / 1612506496
ISBN-13	978-1-61250-649-4 / 9781612506494
Zustand	Neuware