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50 Years of ERIC
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What We Can Learn from the Sixth Edition of "The American Community College": CSCC Awards Luncheon Address
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Kisker, Carrie B. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
This speech, given at the 2014 Council for the Study of Community Colleges annual Awards Luncheon, describes three of the major changes in the sixth edition of "The American Community College". The speech also describes what those changes can tell us about the directions in which our colleges are moving and the ways in which community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Awards, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Linking Strategic Goals to the Community College Budget.
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Ewen, Dale; Maurer, Susan; Nolen, Don – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1998
Describes the impact of an open, participatory, consensus-based planning process with faculty and staff at Parkland College in Illinois. Indicates that the planning process has been enthusiastically endorsed by both faculty and staff and has resulted in an increase in the number of full-time teaching positions and a decrease in the number of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Colleges, Faculty, Governing Boards
On the Fault Line: President Clinton Salutes Community Colleges.
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Bourque, Michael P.; Clinton, William J. – Community College Journal, 1995
Provides excerpts from President Clinton's address to the 1995 American Association of Community Colleges Convention. Discusses the importance of education in economic recovery and of community colleges in providing educational opportunities to nontraditional students. Reviews government initiatives to improve education, such as Tech Prep,…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
Diversity in Leadership, Diversity in the Classroom.
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Sanchez, Alex A. – Community College Journal, 1993
Perceives the key challenge facing community colleges in the 1990s to be the development of leadership that represents the diversity of the colleges' students and local constituents. Considers the components of a plan for changing institutional values, climate, and learning environment. (DMM)
Descriptors: Administrators, Affirmative Action, College Administration, Community Colleges