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Davis Jenkins; Hana Lahr; John Fink; Serena C. Klempin; Maggie P. Fay – Harvard Education Press, 2025
In "More Essential Than Ever," researchers Davis Jenkins, Hana Lahr, John Fink, Serena C. Klempin, and Maggie P. Fay center US community colleges as critical to upward mobility and workforce development in their communities, highlighting new practices these institutions are using to build high-quality programs and support students'…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Career Pathways, Access to Education, College Transfer Students
Brewer, Elizabeth, Ed.; Ogden, Anthony C., Ed. – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2019
This volume focuses on two questions. First, how can education abroad be embedded into undergraduate education so that students experience it as an integral component of their education and something they help shape, rather than as time away from their education and as a commodity to be consumed? Second, how can colleges and universities maximize…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Undergraduate Students, Integrated Activities, Educational Experience
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Dassance, Charles R.; Harr, Gary – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1989
Reviews models and theories related to student development and offers a series of strategies and tactics to help student development administrators put theory into practice and make changes for the decade ahead. (DMM)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Program Administration, Student Development
Hinds, Diane; Sprague, Caroline – 1987
The Citrus College faculty and staff addressed the problem of lower career aspirations among women by establishing a support group, Citrus Women in Higher Education (CWHE). In addition to group meetings and special programs of interest, the CWHE has developed a mentor program to address the problem of blocked careers faced by women. The goals of…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Community Colleges, Females, Mentors
Weidel, Pamela – Campus Activities Programming, 1998
Ways in which community college student development programs can focus on student learning include using more academically focused language; having a student development plan and remaining on the profession's cutting edge; constant reevaluation of models of student success; finding alternatives to traditional models in delivery of student…
Descriptors: College Environment, Community Colleges, Extracurricular Activities, Organizational Climate
Keyser, John S.; Rowray, Richard D. – 1986
This summary report presents a synthesis of discussions at a national colloquium on "Mastery Leadership in Student Development Services," sponsored by the American College Testing Program and the National Council on Student Development. Following introductory material on the colloquium,"Beyond Management to Leadership," by John S. Keyser, this…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Community Colleges, Leadership Training, Management Development
Kissinger, Daniel B., Ed.; Miller, Michael T., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2009
This volume is a critical and objective study of the contemporary college student athlete. Framed around the process of recruitment, transition, and support of student athletes in higher education, the volume is a response to societal pressures to reform college athletics. Driven by publicity and the potential for revenue gains, colleges and…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Counseling Services, Higher Education, Publicity
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Nakamura, Yoshio C. – Community Services Catalyst, 1989
Argues that such student services as counseling, financial aid, and student health be made available to all students at times and days necessary to accommodate full- and part-time, credit and non-credit students. Urges lifelong learning and student services professionals to exert leadership in developing appropriate student services. (DMM)
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Planning, Community Colleges, Community Services
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Bauer, Karen W.; And Others – College and University, 1991
A survey of 130 students in 2 community colleges measured perceived differences in educational experiences as high school seniors and college freshmen, academic and personal skills perceived as needed at college entry, and perceived development of those skills. Respondents felt overall academic instruction was better in college. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Instruction, College Role, Community Colleges