Understanding community colleges / edited by John S. Levin and Susan T. Kater.
"Understanding Community Colleges provides a comprehensive review of the community college landscape -- management and governance, finance, student demographics and development, teaching and learning, policy, faculty, and workforce development -- and bridges the gap between research and practic...
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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2013.
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| Series: | Core concepts in higher education.
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| Summary: | "Understanding Community Colleges provides a comprehensive review of the community college landscape -- management and governance, finance, student demographics and development, teaching and learning, policy, faculty, and workforce development -- and bridges the gap between research and practice. This contributed volume brings together highly respected scholars in the field who rely upon substantial theoretical perspectives -- critical theory, social theory, institutional theory, and organizational theory -- for a rich and expansive analysis of community colleges. The latest text to publish in the Core Concepts in Higher Education series, this exciting new text fills a gap in the higher education literature available for students enrolled in Higher Education and Community College graduate programs. This text provides students with: A review of salient research related to the community college field. Critical theoretical perspectives underlying current policies. An understanding of how theory links to practice, including focused end-of-chapter discussion questions. A fresh examination of emerging issues and insight into contemporary community college practices and policy."--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 263 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203118931 (electronic bk.) 0203118936 (electronic bk.) 9781136312465 1136312463 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record. |