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1 online resource (184 pages) |
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Routledge Research in Higher Education Ser |
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Routledge Research in Higher Education Ser
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| Contents |
Prologue : prelude to recession -- Introduction -- California community colleges : online education initiative -- The City University of New York : ASAP and Guttman Community College -- The Tennessee promise -- Florida ends required remedial education -- Community college mergers : Connecticut and Wisconsin -- Lessons for the future |
| Summary |
The book analyses and evaluates several key community college reform programs that emerged after the Recession of 2008 and as a result of major initiatives in California, New York, Tennessee, Florida, Connecticut and Wisconsin. Because of the economic downturn in the early 21st Century, an already eroding financial base for public higher education saw even further losses. At the same time, enrollments were booming, particularly in the two-year sector where many students who would have traditionally forgone a college education, were now enrolling to ensure their competitiveness in a harsh labor market. Chapters in this book examine the development and implementation of initiatives and accountability measures imposed across the states by the Obama administration, and consider their effectiveness in reducing the impact of the loss of students, and their role in improving courses. This book will be of interest to postgraduates and researchers exploring the history of education in the United States, as well as academic administrators, faculty, and policy-makers with an interest in reform-based practices that have been successfully implemented in community colleges |
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Print version record |
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Community colleges -- United States -- Administration
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Community colleges -- Curricula -- United States
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Community colleges -- United States -- Planning
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Education, Higher -- Effect of technological innovations on -- United States
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Educational change -- United States
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EDUCATION -- General.
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Community colleges -- Administration
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Community colleges -- Curricula
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Community colleges -- Planning
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Education, Higher -- Effect of technological innovations on
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Educational change
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jordan, Chet
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| ISBN |
9780429841552 |
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0429841558 |
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