Alaska's Community Colleges: Big State, Big Challenges, and Big Changes.

Hussey, James Patrick

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ERIC Number: EJ546320

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Alaska's Community Colleges: Big State, Big Challenges, and Big Changes.

Hussey, James Patrick

Community College Journal of Research and Practice, v21 n2 p137-45 Mar 1997

Discusses the history of Alaska's higher education system, including the founding of its community colleges. Describes the 1986-87 restructuring of the colleges following the oil crisis in 1986, which left Alaska with one official community college. Indicates that universities have broadened their role to include many college functions. (19 citations) (AJL)

Descriptors: Background, Community Colleges, Educational Development, Educational History, Educational Needs, Financial Exigency, Financial Problems, Two Year Colleges, Universities

Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Alaska

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