Recognizing Promise: The Role of Community Colleges in a Post Pandemic World

by Michael A. Baston (Editor), Beatrice L. Bridglall (Editor), Michael Nettles (Editor)

Overview

COVID-19 has exposed and exacerbated entrenched inequities spawned by the historical and structural reality of bigotry, prejudice, discrimination, and inequity in all forms, and at institutional and individual levels. It is perceived that higher education institutions also perpetuates these inequities, which is fuelled by prevailing misconceptions, such as “college should be limited to the privileged few”; or that “community colleges are in some way ‘inferior’.”

Recognizing Promise re-establishes the role community colleges can play in reversing centuries of racial and gender disparities in economic wealth, health, education, and life expectancy stemming from current and historical policies and practices that sustain structural racism. The result is a more civic-minded, educated citizenry and a stronger workforce of tomorrow.

Educators in the community college space, in partnership with business, industry and philanthropic leaders, can lead the way in reasserting commitment toward eradicating racism and sustaining reform that advocates inclusive excellence, educational access and programmatic diversity, and the alignment of learning with opportunities in the workplace.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781802627060
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date:	10/26/2022
Series:	Great Debates in Higher Education
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

Michael A. Baston is the 5th President of Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

Beatrice L. Bridglall is Inaugural Dean, School of Education & Social Sciences, Rockland Community College (RCC), New York State, U.S.A.

Michael Nettles is Senior Vice President and the Edmund W. Gordon Chair for Policy Evaluation & Research at ETS, U.S.A.

Table of Contents

Preface; Thomas Bailey
Foreword; Beatrice L. Bridglall and Michael Nettles
Chapter 1. Inclusive Excellence as a Post Pandemic Imperative; Michael Baston
Chapter 2. Moving towards equity in higher education institutions; Yolanda Watson Spiva
Chapter 3. Stop Stifling Entering Students’ Talent and Drive and Help Them Build Momentum on a Path to College and Career Success; Davis Jenkins and Hana Lahr
Chapter 4. Fostering Equity-focused career and college advising at Lorain County Community College; Marcia Ballinger and Marisa Vernon White
Chapter 5. Strategies for Meeting Students’ Basic Needs; Sara Goldrick-Rab
Chapter 6. You want to close equity gaps? Embrace 100% Co-Requisite Approach to Developmental Education; Frank Sobey and Russell Lowery-Hart
Chapter 7. The Future Workforce: Aligning Vision, Values, and Vitality; Christopher M. Mullin
Chapter 8. Maintaining relevance and responsiveness in a post-COVID-19 world; Bill Pink
Chapter 9. Anticipating the Future of Work; Randall J. VanWagoner, Franca Armstrong, and Timothy Thomas
Chapter 10. Designing the Next-Generation Community College Model to Focus on Economic Mobility; Kevin Stump and Michael Baston
Afterword; Edmund W. Gordon and Beatrice L. Bridglall