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Perry, Kimberly – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2018
This issue of "New Directions" provides an overview of the increasing numbers of students who are experiencing homelessness, housing insecurity, and food insecurity. College presidents are in a unique position to lead campus efforts to identify students in need and to develop strategies for supporting this increasing, often invisible,…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Food, Hunger, College Housing
Rumann, Corey; Rivera, Marisa; Hernandez, Ignacio – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2011
Higher education and the military have been linked throughout U.S. history. Following World War II, the President's Commission on Higher Education released "Higher Education for American Democracy," popularly known as the Truman Commission Report of 1946. It called for, among other things, the establishment of a network of public community…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Community Colleges, War, Veterans
Schuetz, Pam – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2008
This article presents a study that uses iterative searches of literature, guided by data from campus observations, interviews, and surveys, to locate and test a theory that can be used to strengthen institutional leverage over student engagement and outcomes. A review of literature was conducted to frame a preliminary theoretical framework for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Models, Urban Areas, School Holding Power
Eddy, Pamela L.; Murray, John P. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2007
This chapter reviews the strategies described in this volume that rural college leaders can use to address the issues and challenges their institutions face. (Contains a list of 12 resources and 4 online resources.)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Rural Areas, Rural Schools, Rural Urban Differences
Hawke, Constance S. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2004
Community colleges serve a higher percentage of students with disabilities than any other sector of higher education. An understanding of the requirements imposed by disability laws in accommodating those students is important for all community college leaders.
Descriptors: Disabilities, Community Colleges, College Students, Special Needs Students