Community Colleges: Policy in the Future Context

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This book addresses various federal, state, and institutional policies affecting community colleges and speculates about future policy options within the current policy context. While attempting to be comprehensive, the book does not include every policy issue affecting community colleges but rather examines most of the major policy issues considered salient for community college at the onset of the 21st century. Written by various experts on the community college and addressed to those concerned with policies affecting higher education as well as those interested in the future of the community college, the book begins with a macro look at the policy context affecting community colleges, including federal policies, state governance structures, and the impact of globalization on community colleges.

At the state level, chapter authors focus on timely and critical issues challenging state policy: links with K-12 education, workforce preparation, dual credit policies, transfer and articulation, remediation, and technology. At the institutional level, policies on general education and student persistence are examined. The book concludes with a plea for a more critical approach to community college policy for the 21st century. This timely work provides an update on the status of policies affecting community colleges and possible future directions for policy decisions.

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This book provides a critical analysis of various federal, state, and institutional policies affecting community colleges. Addressed to anyone interested in the future of the community college, it examines the national, historical, and cultural policy context affecting community colleges, including federal policies, state governance structures, and the impact of globalization. Contributors include scholars in education and economics, as well as college administrators. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Meet the Author

BARBARA K. TOWNSEND is Professor of Higher Education and Associate Dean for Research and Development in the College of Education at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

SUSAN B. TWOMBLY is Professor of Higher Education and Associate Chair of the Department of Teaching and Leadership at the University of Kansas.

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Table of Contents

Introduction
1 Governmental Policies Affecting Community Colleges: A Historical Perspective 3
2 Federal Policies and Community Colleges: A Mix of Federal and Local Influences 23
3 Statewide Governance Structures and Two-Year Colleges 39
4 Accountability in Community Colleges: Looking toward the 21st Century 57
5 The Buffered and the Buffeted Institution: Globalization and the Community College 77
6 Policy Directions for K-14 Education - Looking to the Future 101
7 State Policies and the Community College's Role in Workforce Preparation 129
8 State Dual Credit Policy and Its Implications for Community Colleges: Lessons from Missouri for the 21st Century 149
9 Statewide Transfer and Articulation Policies: Current Practices and Emerging Issues 173
10 Reframing Remediation as a Systemic Phenomenon: A Comparative Analysis of Remediation in Two States 193
11 Teaching and Learning in the New Information Age: State-System Policies for Technology 223
12 SUNY General Education Reform and the Community Colleges: A Case Study of Cross-Purposes 243
13 Institutional Policies That Promote Persistence among First-Year Community College Students 261
Conclusion: The Future of Community College Policy in the 21st Century 283
Index 299
About the Editors and Contributors 305
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