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Download full textTownsend, Barbara K. – 2000
The paper discusses some policy issues facing community colleges in the 21st century: remedial education, K-16 initiatives, and workforce preparation. Identifying social needs and then determining appropriate policies to address them happens within an historical and cultural context. Within our capitalistic and democratic society, four cultural or…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Role, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Peer reviewedTownsend, Barbara K. – Michigan Community College Journal: Research & Practice, 2001
Uses the examples of remedial education, K-16 initiatives, and workforce preparation to illustrate how these values influence higher education policy at community colleges. Policymakers should recognize that these values may conflict, therefore leading to controversy. States that cultural/social values dominating the development of educational…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Finance
