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Boerner, Heather – Community College Journal, 2016
Six years ago, Front Range Community College President Andy Dorsey sat down with his team and looked at the college's completion and graduation rates. Like a lot of colleges, they were in for a shock. It is not that they had expected to see 80 percent completion rates. But they certainly were not expecting to see only 43 percent of their students…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Graduation Rate, Student Surveys, Learner Engagement
Woods, Bob – Community College Journal, 2014
When the 10 members of the American Association of Community College's (AACC's) 21st-Century Implementation Team 7 (nine of whom are community college presidents) sat down in 2013 to talk about reforming institutional roles and functions at the nation's two-year career and technical colleges, everyone in the room knew the work before them would be…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Institutional Role, Community Colleges
Olson, Lynn – Education Week, 2006
This article reports the concerns in using college-entrance tests for school accountability. A growing number of states are requiring high school students to take college-admission tests and even making the exams a core part of their own testing systems. Proponents argue that having all teenagers take the exams will encourage more young people to…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Federal Legislation, High Schools, Accountability
Lairson, Storm – School Administrator, 2009
The Courageous Journey was, for the author, more than an official state endorsement for the professional position she holds as a district superintendent. It was a personal journey that gave her far more than she can illustrate in her final exhibition to earn her performance-based specialty superintendent endorsement. It began in August of 2005…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Individual Development, School Districts, Academic Achievement
Brandell, Shug – Horace, 2007
At schools that align with the Common Principles, there's often a palpable sense of high expectations, personalization, and the purpose of school as a place for students to use their minds well. As the co-director and longtime school coach at the Michigan Coalition of Essential Schools, the author has witnessed what it takes for schools to develop…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Interviews, Teacher Attitudes, Effective Schools Research