ERIC Number: EJ534295
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Publication Date: 1996
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Pockets of Connection: Creating a Sense of Community at a Large Urban Community College.
McGrath, Dennis; Seymour, Evan
Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, v7 n2 p61-73 Fall 1996
The evolution of the Honors Program at the Community College of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) is described, focusing on faculty participation and program decisions. Central program features are practices that build an intellectual community among faculty and students, including an interdisciplinary curriculum, seminars and writing groups, overlapping first- and second-semester student groups, and a collegial model of faculty development. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Environment, Collegiality, Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Honors Curriculum, Intellectual Development, Interdisciplinary Approach, Organizational Climate, Program Descriptions, Program Development, School Size, Student Development, Urban Education
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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