Community College Review articles from September 2002

Community College Review archives from September 2002

The managerial roles of public community college chief academic officers.
September 22, 2002... The position of Chief Academic Officer (CAO) at a community college is of critical importance to the success of the mission of the institution. Some scholars have suggested that the position is of equal importance to that of the president, at...

Professional development for presidents: a study of community and technical college presidents in three states.
September 22, 2002... Introduction and Background In an era where the diminishing supply of qualified leaders has been well documented (Shults, 2001; Campbell, 2002) at the same time that the complexity and challenges of the job are increasing, it is critical...

Editor's choice: measuring outcomes: is the first-time, full-time cohort appropriate for the community college?
September 22, 2002... At least until the early 1980s, the most important measure of the quality of institutions of higher education had more to do with the inputs that went into the educational process than the outputs that came from that process. Thus, colleges...

Eric review: educating immigrants: the community college role.
September 22, 2002... At the beginning of the twenty-first century, immigration to the United States continues to be a powerful force shaping the country's population counts and ethnic composition. According to the most recent Current Population Survey, in March...

Next Steps for the Community College.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... edited by Trudy H. Bets and Harriot D. Calhoun. San Fransisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002. 155 pages, $28. Editors Trudy Bets and Harriott Calhoun have assembled a useful collection of topical papers for no. 117 of the quarterly series, New...