Explore such issues as:
- the unspoken social contract,
- transfer,
- developmental education,
- noncredit education,
- dual enrollment,
- workforce development,
- the free college movement, and
- planning for the future.
The topics are explored thoughtfully from both scholarly and practical perspectives, highlighting the forces that shape community college missions.
This is the 180th volume of this Jossey–Bass quarterly report series. Essential to the professional libraries of presidents, vice presidents, deans, and other leaders in today's open–door institutions, New Directions for Community Colleges provides expert guidance in meeting the challenges of their distinctive and expanding educational mission.
Table of Contents
EDITORS NOTES 5
Kristin Bailey Wilson, Regina L. Garza Mitchell
1. Three Functions of the Community College Mission Statement 9
David F. Ayers
2. Social Justice and the Community College Mission 19
Cynthia M. Heelan, Gail O. Mellow
3. National Shifts in Adult Basic Education: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Ability to Benefit, and High School Equivalency Tests 27
J. Cody Davidson
4. The Evolving Transfer Mission and Student Mobility 37
Christopher A. Baldwin
5. Changing the Economy One Family at a Time: Dual Aims of Workforce Development 47
Regina L. Garza Mitchell, James O. Sawyer, IV
6. Noncredit Education: Specialized Programs to Meet Local Needs 57
Mark M. D Amico
7. Free Community College and Merit Scholarships 67
Lori Elliott Buchanan, Kristin Bailey Wilson
8. Supporting the Mission Through Dual Enrollment 75
Stephanie J. Jones
9. Meeting the Challenges of Expanding Missions Through Strategic Planning 85
David M. Hellmich, Greg J. Feeney
10. Making Sense of Multiple Missions 95
Marilyn J. Amey
INDEX 99
