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Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Preface Audience Overview of the Contents Sources The Authors Chapter 1: Background Institutional Definitions Development of Community Colleges Expansion of Two-Year Colleges The Two-Way Stretch Curricular Functions Place in the Academic Pipeline Colleges in Other Countries Changing Emphases Current Issues Chapter 2: Students Reasons for the Increase in Numbers Students' Lives Student Ability and Academic Preparedness Gender Racial and Ethnic Diversity Classifying Students and Their Intentions Assessment and Tracking Enrollment Patterns and Dropout Issues Chapter 3: Faculty 2 The Workplace The People Preparation Workload, Salary, and Tenure Part-Time Faculty Evaluation Satisfaction Desires Professionalism Issues Chapter 4: Organization, Governance, and Administration Categorizing Governance Governing and Coordinating Units Accreditation Nontraditional Organizations Local Governing Boards Administration Leadership Collective Bargaining Issues Chapter 5: Finances Sources of Funds Allocation Patterns Performance-Based Funding Tuition and Student Aid Problems in Funding Solving the Problems Revenue Generation and Diversification Justifying the Costs Issues Chapter 6: Instruction The Technology and Discipline of Instruction Learning Resource Centers Distance Learning and Online Instruction 3 The Power of Inertia Assessing Instructional Effects Issues Chapter 7: Student Services Student Engagement Scope and Organization of Student Affairs Funding and Effectiveness Issues Chapter 8: Developmental Education Decline in Literacy School Requirements College Admissions The Magnitude of Remediation Developmental Teaching Assessment and Placement Integrated Programs Program Effects Legitimacy The Dilemma of Tracking Issues Chapter 9: Liberal Arts and Transfer Education Liberal Arts Transfer Courses Curricular Variety Faculty and Academic Disciplines Dual Enrollment and Alignment with High School Exit Standards Articulation and the Transfer Function Future of the Liberal Arts Issues Chapter 10: Integrative Education Critical Thinking Service Learning Civic Engagement 4 Sustainable Development Renewing an Emphasis on Integrative Education Issues Chapter 11: Occupational Education Early Development Definitions Limitations on Expansion Growth Stability Contract Training The Broader Implications Merging Academic and Occupational Studies Issues Chapter 12: Community Education Rationale Categories Enrollments Scope Effectiveness Organization and Funding Program Validity Future Development Issues Chapter 13: Scholarship and Commentary Sources of Research Forms of Research Critiques of the Colleges Responding to the Critics The Mythology of Schooling What the Colleges Really Provide What Are the Alternatives to Community Colleges? Issues Chapter 14: Student Progress and Outcomes 5 Measures of Student Progress Transfer Rates Degree and Certificate Completion Goal Attainment Occupational Outcomes Accountability Issues Chapter 15: Toward the Future The Institutions The Students The Faculty Organization, Governance, and Administration Finance Instruction and Student Services Curriculum Research, Accountability, and Outcomes The Social Role Appendix: For-Profit Institutions New Forms Students Staff Curriculum, Instruction, and Student Services Organization and Governance Finance Outcomes Future References Advertisement Name Index Subject Index 6 7 8 The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series Cover design by Michael Cook Copyright © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. 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Community colleges--United States. I. Brawer, Florence B., 1922- II. Kisker, Carrie B., 1977- III. Title. LB2328.C55 2014 378.1'5430973 — dc23 2013024163 10
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