Community College Review articles from September 2005

Community College Review archives from September 2005

Organizational climate in its semiotic aspect: a postmodern community college undergoes renewal.
September 22, 2005... A study at a community college undergoing renewal provided an opportunity to explore how members of various institutional subsystems differ in the ways they make meaning of organizational climate conditions. The researcher identifies and...

Defining college readiness from the inside out: first-generation college student perspectives.
September 22, 2005... This study provides understanding of college readiness from the perspectives of older first-generation college students who transferred from community colleges. Results indicate that life experiences contribute to academic skills, time...

Editor's choice: the significant community college.(forecasts of services and performance)(Editorial)
September 22, 2005... The level of success that has sustained community colleges in the past will not suffice for the future, Shifting environments, resources, competitors, accountability, and technology have changed the measures of organizational performance. This...

UCLA community college review: why practitioners and researchers ignore each other [even when they are the same person] (1).
September 22, 2005... Differences between researchers and practitioners can be found in four areas: the distance from the object of study; the ideological perspective; the purposes of the research; and the political agenda behind the research. Each of these...

Adjunct Faculty in Community Colleges: An Academic Administrator's Guide to Recruiting, Supporting, and Retaining Great Teachers.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Adjunct Faculty in Community Colleges: An Academic Administrator's Guide to Recruiting, Supporting, and Retaining Great Teachers Desna L. Wallin (Ed.). Anker Publishing: Bolton, MA. 2005, 227 pages. $39.95, Cloth, ISBN 1-882982-81-9. Desna...