Community College Review articles from December 2002

Community College Review archives from December 2002

Democratic leadership and faculty empowerment at the community college: a theoretical model for the department chair.
December 22, 2002... When I first became the chair of our department in 1998, I immediately realized that being a chair would be very different from what I had experienced in the military or from what one would experience in a typical corporate hierarchy. I...

Mission priorities of community colleges in the southern United States.
December 22, 2002... Since their inception, community colleges have existed to identify and respond to the educational needs of adult learners within a specified service area (Cohen & Brawer, 1996; Vaughan, 1997; Gleazer, 1980). This mission becomes a daunting task...

Community College mentoring: minority student perception.(a discussion of mentoring for community college students)
December 22, 2002... The ethnic and cultural landscape of the American community college is becoming increasingly diverse. The U. S. Census Bureau reported that 42.3% of African Americans in higher education are in the community college system, along with 50% of...

ERIC review: learning communities at the Community College.(community colleges much work out the problems that arise with the use of learning communities)
December 22, 2002... Beginning in the early 1990s, learning communities (LCs)--deliberate restructuring of the curriculum to build a community of learners among students and faculty (Smith & Hunter, 1988)--began to be added to the curricular offerings at both two-...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
December 22, 2002... The fall 2002 issue (Volume 30, No. 2) contained an error on page 9. Table 5 was reproduced incorrectly. The correct table is shown below. The editor and managing editor apologize to our readers and to the authors for the error. Table 5...