Warns that sound management theory and practice are in danger of becoming isolated from the academic process and care must be taken to include an informed and flexible concept of academic process with managerial skills. Relates management to the meaning of general education, commitment to academic standards, and delineation of institutional…

Provides a rationale for expanding the base of community college leadership to include more women. Notes changing patterns of behavior among women administrators and remaining problems. Reviews changing shapes of management and the abilities women must master to be effective leaders. Considers ways of empowering women as leaders. (DMM)

Identifies challenges and options facing community colleges wishing to promote general education. Focuses on challenges related to institutional goals, students, faculty, curriculum and instruction, academic standards, management and leadership, and external influences. Suggests ways of addressing these challenges to ensure the survival of general…

Urges community colleges to view transfer as a matter of student and organizational behavior, and as a matter of academic practice. Argues that increased attention to these transfer issues will facilitate better descriptions and analyses of the transfer function as well as students' baccalaureate attainment. (DMM)

Discusses the collegiate role of community colleges, arguing that liberal arts and transferable career education make up the collegiate function. Suggests that access to collegiate education is a stronger form of educational opportunity because of the skills it can provide and the potential for educational and other gains for students. (MAB)

Suggests that general education programs should recognize the demographics and goals of community college students, rather than strictly targeting degree-seeking students. Underscores the need to move away from the mere learning of information toward the development of analytical and synthetic reasoning skills. (PAA)