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Educating Citizens
Anne Colby, Thomas Ehrlich, Elizabeth Beaumont, Jason Stephens, Lee S. Shulman March 2010
Volume: 13 Issue: 3
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During the twelve years we have spent at the Carnegie Foundation, we have co-authored several books that attempt to capture what we have seen in a number of different areas of higher education. Each one builds on the good work of educators throughout the country and also points to the barriers that need to be addressed if the thoughtful practices we have seen are to become the norm rather than the exception.
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Outreach Efforts for Part-time Faculty at Central Piedmont Community College
Debbie Bouton February 2010
Volume: 13 Issue: 2
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Much discussion and speculation has taken place recently concerning the role of part-time faculty in the community college and the practical and ethical responsibilities of the institutions to support them. Such attention is warranted, given that the number of part-time faculty in higher education increased 422 percent between 1970 and 2003 (Schuster, J.H. & Finkelstein, M.J., 2006). Indeed, for community colleges, part-time instructors now make up approximately 70 percent of the faculty (Schuster, J.H. & Finkelstein, M.J., 2006).
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The Nature of Innovation in the Community College: Guidelines for Innovators
Cynthia Wilson January 2010
Volume: 13 Issue: 1
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Throughout 2009 the League for Innovation in the Community College, with support from MetLife Foundation, conducted a research project on "The Nature of Innovation in the Community College." (See Leadership Abstracts, December 2009.) Among the project's goals was the development of a set of guidelines for comm
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A Framework for Leading Change Through the Lens of Student Success
Irvin Clark III, Jody Simpson, Charlene Newkirk, Debra Wyvill December 2009
Volume: 12 Issue: 12
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Laying the FoundationIncreasingly, community colleges are joining forces with their stakeholders to create an open exchange that generates ideas while promoting student learning and success (Harvey, 2003; O'Banion, 1997). The College of Southern Maryland (CSM), like many educational institutions, echoed the sentiments of Harvey and Tinto when it began a collegewide effort to explore innovative ways to respond to the academic and student development needs of the student population.
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Surviving Voices, the Narrative of Refuge: An Intergenerational Project
Lisa Shaw November 2009
Volume: 12 Issue: 11
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The Intergenerational Project grew out of the Literature and Culture course I teach at Miami Dade College North Campus, which explores the connections between diverse cultures and literary expression. Featuring the recording, compilation, and publication of oral histories of trauma survivors seeking refuge in South Florida, the project focused on our readily available primary resources: Holocaust survivor war veterans, former Cuban political prisoners, and hurricane Katrina evacuees.
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The Accelerated Learning Project (ALP) at the Community College of Baltimore County
Pete Adams October 2009
Volume: 12 Issue: 10
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When the English Department at the Community College of Baltimore County conducted several longitudinal studies, we discovered that only 27 percent of students enrolled in our higher-level developmental writing course passed ENG 101 within four years and that 73 percent either failed or dropped out of the writing sequence. Discovering such low success rates and such high attrition rates made us determined to find a more effective model for developmental writing.
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Building a Learning University
Tony Gurr September 2009
Volume: 12 Issue: 9
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The type of university needed for the new age of higher education will have to engage in a continuous process of self-review and refocusing over its lifetime. This will require systematic and purposeful processes of strategic planning that draw on the active participation of a broad range of stakeholders who, in their work together, align the institution's policies, processes, and practices to make them more responsive to the changing needs of students.
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Faculty Mentoring in the Community College Setting
Katina Gothard August 2009
Volume: 12 Issue: 8
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Even though a single definition of mentoring does not exist in literature, we all intuitively know what it is. As educators, we engage in the act of mentoring, at least informally, every day, whether with peers or students.
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Merging Two Academic Worlds
John Bertalan July 2009
Volume: 12 Issue: 7
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Eight years ago, our community college entered into an agreement to become a feeder institution for the state university system's teacher preparation program. One of the three required prerequisite courses offered to prospective education majors is, "Teaching Diverse Populations." The local state university suggested that instructors for this course be social science professors.
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Teaching Developmental Reading With Hybrid Instruction
Inez Whipple, Mary Shelor June 2009
Volume: 12 Issue: 6
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In an effort to meet the growing demand for more flexible scheduling, Pima Community College (PCC) has explored alternative delivery modalities that include online and hybrid technologies. One delivery method explored is hybrid instruction, the combination of face-to-face and online instruction.
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The Department Chair: Leading the Charge to Build Student Character and Leaders
Ken Scott May 2009
Volume: 12 Issue: 5
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Goodness without knowledge is weak and feeble, yet knowledge without goodness is dangerous, and both united form the noblest character.  Samuel & John Phillips, Phillips Academy, 1778
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It's Easy Being Green: St. Louis Community College-Wildwood's Green Campus Becomes a Sustainability Learning Lab
Patricia Aumann April 2009
Volume: 12 Issue: 4
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St. Louis Community College-Wildwood (STLCC-Wildwood) is the newest campus in the St. Louis Community College system. It opened in August 2007 with one building as Phase I of a three-phase build-out of the campus. STLCC-Wildwood represents the St. Louis Community College district's commitment to sustainability. The Wildwood campus substantially transforms the built environment of the regional higher education sector. It was the first LEED Gold certified community college campus in the midwest and the first Gold certified building of any type in the St.
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Five Good Reasons to Complete That Associate's Degree!
Jeffrey Ross March 2009
Volume: 12 Issue: 3
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During my many years of teaching at the community college, countless students have asked me some variation of the following question: "Should I finish my associate's degree or just transfer over to the university and work on my bachelor's?"   Of course, individual circumstances and goals often prescribe a set, or program-mandated, response to such a query.
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Assessment Is More Than Keeping Score: Moving From Inquiry, Through Interpretation, To Action
John Cosgrove, Lawrence J. McDoniel February 2009
Volume: 12 Issue: 2
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"You can't fatten a pig by weighing it." "Keeping Score Isn't Winning!" "Data don't drive." At St. Louis Community College (STLCC), we recognize and attempt to follow such wise advice. However, few of the many "wise" resources consulted while constructing and implementing a mission-based model of assessment at STLCC have resonated so clearly and directly as Alicia C.
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Five Principles for Powerful Classrooms: Lessons From Strengthening Precollegiate Education in Community Colleges
Pat Hutchings, Molly Breen January 2009
Volume: 12 Issue: 1
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Call it "developmental," "precollegiate," "basic skills," or even "remedial" education, improving the success of underprepared learners is clearly moving to center stage for community colleges. The need for such work is the focus of a number of high-visibility reports over the last several years (Bailey, 2008, 2003; Center for Student Success, 2007; Hayward, et al., 2004; Moore and Shulock, 2007), and that need is in turn fueling action-oriented projects.
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