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Rufus Glasper – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2024
As educators reconsider higher education's public good mission, community colleges face a monumental task. These colleges still serve a student population that includes many low-income, traditionally underrepresented, first-generation college students with family and job responsibilities that demand their attention. For community colleges, the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Sense of Community, Student Experience, School Culture
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Rogers, Alan – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2019
This paper re-examines the position of the Tanzanian Folk Development Colleges, a national network of adult education institutions, at a time when their long-term financial assistance by the Swedish International Development Agency has come to an end and they are being transferred from the Tanzanian Government Ministry of Community Development to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, International Cooperation, Vocational Education
Maricopa Community Colleges, 2019
This report provides an annual update on metrics related to the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) Governing Board Outcomes for University and Transfer Education, Workforce and Economic Development, Developmental Education, and Community Development and Global and Civic Engagement. While this report necessarily looks back in time…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Outcomes of Education, College Transfer Students, Labor Force Development
Maricopa Community Colleges, 2018
This Governing Board Monitoring Report utilizes the Board outcome metrics to gauge institutional effectiveness in the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD). Outcomes for University Transfer Education and General Education, Workforce and Economic Development, Developmental Education, and Community Development and Global and Civic…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Outcomes of Education, College Transfer Students, Labor Force Development
Maricopa Community Colleges, 2017
This Governing Board Monitoring Report utilizes the Board outcome metrics to gauge institutional effectiveness in the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD). It examines outcomes in the areas of university and transfer education, workforce and economic development, developmental education, community development, and civic and global…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Outcomes of Education, College Transfer Students, Labor Force Development
Maricopa Community Colleges, 2014
This is the third annual Governing Board Monitoring Report for Maricopa Community Colleges that utilizes the Board outcome metrics adopted in 2010 to gauge institutional effectiveness. This Executive Summary focuses primarily on the 11 metrics considered "Key Metrics" but includes other select metrics, institutional data, and context…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Remedial Instruction, School Holding Power, Academic Achievement
Rogers, Nelson – Association of Canadian Community Colleges, 2004
Of the many roles colleges are called upon to play, the role of partner in community development is a significant one. The visibility and importance of this function is particularly evident in rural and remote communities. These locations provide excellent opportunities to examine the dynamics of this interaction, and gain an understanding that…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Colleges, Rural Areas, Rural Education