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Minding the dream : the process and practice of the American community college Cover Image Book Book

Minding the dream : the process and practice of the American community college / Gail O. Mellow and Cynthia Heelan.

Mellow, Gail O'Connor. (Author). Heelan, Cynthia M. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780742562929 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0742562921 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xviii, 335 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2008]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-321) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
An overview of the American community college -- Community colleges: private benefit or public good? -- Financing community colleges -- Measuring community college effectiveness -- Governance -- A changed pedagogy -- Leadership to guide the dream -- Global adaptations: international implications of the American community college model -- Developmental studies -- The transfer experience -- Economic and workforce development -- English as a second language -- Programmatic challenges of diverse demographics.

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Subject: Community colleges > United States.
Junior college.
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