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Since it was first published in 1982 The American Community College has become the primary resource that faculty, administrators, trustees, and researchers look to for a comprehensive analysis of the most recent findings and up-to-date information on the American community college. Throughout this important book, Arthur M. Cohen and Florence B. Brawer describe how community colleges fit into the American educational system, the services they provide, and the effects they have on the community. This completely revised and updated edition contains information about recent changes in the community college landscape, including consolidation of faculty power, mandatory testing and placement of students, the greater prominence of developmental education, and the attention given to state-level directives regarding institutional functioning and funding. The authors also present the current information on a number of other topics, including student flow, instruction, student services, and curricular functions. In addition, The American Community College includes updated tables and graphs that reflect the most current data and incorporate new examples of the services that colleges provide.

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The American Community College.......2007-04-08

This book is an excellent, current detailing of the state of the American Community College. It is widely used by administrative professionals in the field of higher education. Regardless of its research base and statistical knowledge, it is still an easy book to read and understand. Anyone who wants to know more about how a community college, in particular, operates needs to read this book. The first four chapters of the book may be a little dry, but the foundational information provided is invaluable. The last chapters leave room for one to think about the future of the community college. This book may also be used by instructors to have a further understanding of how educational institutions work, and could inspire one to take on an administrative role at the community college level or in higher education in general.

Shared Vision: Transformational Leadership in American Community Colleges

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Shared Vision: Transformational Leadership in American Community Colleges
John E. Roueche , George A. Baker , and Robert R. Rose
Manufacturer: Community College Pr/Amer Assoc
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0871171902

A Learning College For The 21st Century: (American Council on Education Oryx Press Series on Higher Education)

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beware of the "learning college" -- and isn't that a redundant term?
Explains the culture perfectly

A Learning College For The 21st Century: (American Council on Education Oryx Press Series on Higher Education)
Terry O'Banion
Manufacturer: American Council on Education/Oryx Press
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ASIN: 1573561134

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Many earlier attempts at education reform have failed, causing some critics to call for a much more expansive wave of reform in which learning becomes a central focus. O'Banion presents an argument for the community college, with its strong penchant for innovation and risk-taking, as the ideal forum for creating this new learning paradigm. He proposes a provocative new concept called "the learning college," which is designed to help students make passionate connections to learning. The book describes in detail the six key principles that form the definition and character of a learning college. Emerging models of this concept are already in place at a handful of community colleges, and six of these pioneering institutions share their initial journeys in this book. O'Banion provides a practical guide for community college leaders who are preparing their institutions to enter the 21st century.

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beware of the "learning college" -- and isn't that a redundant term?.......2006-09-02

Although I have not read the book and therefore cannot comment on its content, I teach at a community college and have been exposed to the "learning college" model of education. I was skeptical because the term itself, "learning college," is redundant. As a colleague of mine, a veteran of the U.S. armed services, once quipped, "I guess you could say I was in the Flying Air Force." While we should all acknowledge that the student and his or her education should be the first-and-last order of business, what our administration was trying to do did not bode well for the quality of the education itself. For instance, the so-called "learning college" would standardize education to the point that my English comp course should be exactly like another's, and I mean exactly. In other words, if a student needed to change from my MWF comp class because of his work schedule, he could shift into another teacher's TTh class without problem. That looks like a good idea on paper, but what does that mean to the individual character of a course? Such a scenario is on the face of it student-centered, but to achieve such a reality is to standardize the life right out of your institution. One teacher's course is just like another because all we're doing, in this model, is "delivering content." Teaching a course is not like working on an assembly line.

Explains the culture perfectly.......2001-02-13

Mr. O'Banion's book does an honest and thorough job of explaining (exposing) an organizational culture that exists to serve its own needs first, and those of student learning and student achievment last. Every prospective community college and university student should read this book, and should then take very seriously the graduation/completion rate statistics being provided by the federally-mandated public disclosure law called the Student-Right-to-Know Act.

Community of Learning: The American College and the Liberal Arts Tradition

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Community of Learning: The American College and the Liberal Arts Tradition
Francis Oakley
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Hardcover

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In the past decade, criticism of the state of undergraduate education in America has come from many directions and in many and various forms, from Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind, to Dinesh D'Souza's Illiberal Education, to Secretary of Education William J. Bennett's 1984 report
To Reclaim a Legacy. In his book Tenured Radicals, Roger Kimball derided current instruction in the humanities as "a program of study that has nothing to offer...but ideological posturing, pop culture, and hermeneutic word games." And given the intense demands of global competition, others have
wondered if liberal arts programs in general should be replaced by more practical, job-oriented courses of study. Has the age-old tradition of education in the liberal arts been betrayed in our lifetime? Is it destined to become a stale vestige of the past? What value can be attributed to it in
an era of rapidly escalating change?
In Community of Learning, Francis Oakley, the president of Williams College, makes a strong case for the values and achievements of the liberal arts in providing a sense of historical continuity and a broader framework in which to come to terms with the problems of the modern world. Noting the
"dyspeptic presentism" and "disheveled anecdotalism" characteristic of a good deal of the recent criticism, Oakley attempts to place it in historical perspective. He asserts that the single most important factor shaping the American undergraduate experience today is the unparalleled demographic
upheaval of the past thirty years, the nature of the response it evoked, and the energy, imagination, and adaptation going into that response. And, reaching back to a more distant past, he insists that the tradition of education in the liberal arts has always been a highly tension-ridden one and
that from its very conflictedness has derived much of its enduring vitality. Weaving together historical perspective and recent statistical data, he evaluates current worries about a "flight from the humanities" on the part of students or from teaching on the part of academics, and addresses such
hotly debated issues as curricular coherence, multiculturalism, and the alleged politicization of undergraduate studies.
Coming at a time when the age-old tradition of education in the liberal arts is beset by anxious questioning, Community of Learning is a bold affirmation of its established strengths and current efficacy in helping provide students with a grasp of the past, a comprehension of the present, a
sense of self, and an enhanced ability to cope with the complex demands of an era of unprecedented change.

Gentlemen and Scholars: College and Community in the "Age of the University," 1865-1917

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Gentlemen and Scholars: College and Community in the "Age of the University," 1865-1917
William Bruce Leslie
Manufacturer: Pennsylvania State University Press
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Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices (Bank Street College of Education Claudia Lewis Award (Awards))

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Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices (Bank Street College of Education Claudia Lewis Award (Awards))
Walter Dean Myers
Manufacturer: Holiday House
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Binding: Hardcover

ASIN: 0823418537

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These fifty-four poems, all in different voices but written by one hand, do sing. They make a joyful noise as the author honors the people-the nurses, students, soldiers, and ministers-of his beloved hometown, Harlem. Worship with Deacon Allen, who loves "a shouting church," and study with Lois Smith, who wants "a school named after me." Don't get taken by Sweet Sam DuPree, who "conned a shark right outta his fin." And never turn your back on Delia Pierce, who claims she "ain't the kind to talk behind nobody's back" while doing precisely that-with panache. Inspired by Edgar Lee Masters's classic Spoon River Anthology, Walter Dean Myers celebrates the voices and aspirations of the residents of another American town, one that lies between two rivers on the north side of an island called Manhattan.

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BORING
Zzzz
MULTIPLE CHOICE by CLAIRE COOK
Real life for me..
Snoozer !!

Multiple Choice
Claire Cook
Manufacturer: NAL Trade
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ASIN: 0451214889

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A new laugh-out-loud novel from the national bestselling author of Must Love Dogs.

There was a time when March Monroe thought she and her daughter Olivia would never really cut the cord. Now Olivia is off to college and March is secretly doing the same thing. It's a high-voltage shock when they run into each other as student interns at the local radio station. From the author of Must Love Dogs, this effervescent story will strike a chord with women of all ages-whether they have kids in college or are just now choosing their majors. Required reading for absolute enjoyment!

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BORING.......2007-08-18

Since I found this book in the bargain bin for $4.98, it should have come as no surprised what a stinker it turned out to be. There wasn't one likable character in the entire thing, other than perhaps Etta. Even March, the main character, was so judgmental and whiny, it was hard to route for her. Like the other reviewers, I found the daughter Olivia to be a ridiculous, over the top character. Who acts like that? Maybe a younger teen, just going through puberty would be at that "I hate my mom" stage. But if a college age girl still treated her mother with that much contempt, then yes March, you must have done something wrong in the way you raised her. The entire book was just a description of March, going through the motions of her rather mundane life. I half expected the author to describe her using the toilet or shaving her legs. I read to escape or be entertained, neither of which happened during this aggravating snooze-fest of a novel.

Zzzz.......2007-07-01

This book is meant to be read by middle-aged mothers. As a young adult I found the story completely boring. Unfortunately I have a problem starting a book and leaving it in the middle. Claire Cook left no room for interpretation. There are no signs into deeper reading, no witty outtakes about life or humanity, and no jazz to the story whatsoever. The plot hardly spent any time on one of the main components that the book claims to be about-- the mother's second chance at a college experience. Maybe 7 pages out of the entire book were spent on that? Multiple Choice was very mediocre and of no interest to me, at least.

MULTIPLE CHOICE by CLAIRE COOK.......2007-01-25

AWESOME, FUNNY, COULDN'T PUT THE BOOK DOWN. I LOVE HER BOOKS. ALTHOUGH SHE DOESN'T HAVE MANY, SHE NEEDS TO WRITE MORE. AWESOME READ. DON'T HESITATE BUY IT, NOW!!!!

Real life for me.........2006-10-07

I really enjoyed this book. Yes, it's a quick read and not especially deep but it sure hit home with me as my daughter (whom I am very close with) is getting ready to go off to college. I told her I was reading this and the basic storyline - Daughter at college, Mom decides to go back to college albeit a different college and they both apply and get the same internship - and her response was, you had better not do that Mom. My daughter sometimes talks to me that way and I talk that way back to her the same way. It just rang all too true to me and I could relate to March. A keeper.

Snoozer !!.......2006-07-14

I thought Must Love Dogs was a cute book. It had humor, and was entertaining to read.

This story had the potential to be entertaining. Mother daughter relationships are always full of ups and downs. However, this book never went anywhere. Olivia, the daughter, was an annoying brat. Her mom, March wasn't very interesting. The dad and brother had nothing to contribute (unless you count the whole finger nail clipper dilema interesting...not). Whats the point of this story???!!

I kept waiting for something to happen. Nothing did. Except....I fell asleep.

Jesuit Higher Education: Essays on an American Tradition of Excellence

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Jesuit Higher Education: Essays on an American Tradition of Excellence

Manufacturer: Duquesne Univ Pr
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Native American Studies in Higher Education: Models for Collaboration between Universities and Indigenous Nations (Contemporary Native American Communities)

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A cornucopia of diverse commentaries with a common theme

Native American Studies in Higher Education: Models for Collaboration between Universities and Indigenous Nations (Contemporary Native American Communities)
Champagne Duane
Manufacturer: AltaMira Press
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ASIN: 0759101248
Release Date: 2002-02-15

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In this collection, Champagne and Stauss demonstrate how the rise of Native studies in American and Canadian universities exists as an extraordinary achievement in higher education. In the face of historically assimilationist agendas and institutional racism, collaborative programs continue to grow and promote the values and goals of sovereign tribal communities. In twelve case studies, the authors provide rich contextual histories of Native programs, discussing successes and failures and battles over curriculum content, funding, student retention, and community collaborations. It will be a valuable resource for Native American leaders, and educators in Native American studies, race and ethnic studies, comparative education, anthropology, higher education administration and educational policy.

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A cornucopia of diverse commentaries with a common theme.......2003-08-10

Collaboratively compiled and edited by Duane Champagne (Professor of Sociology and Director of the American Indian Studies Center, UCLA) and Jay Stauss (Director of American Indian Studies, University of Arizona), Native American Studies In Higher Education: Models For Collaboration Between Universities And Indigenous Nations brings together informed and informative essays contributed by a variety of learned authors concerning Native American studies courses in American and Canadian universities. From the opposing forces of assimilation agendas; to the long battle to represent Native American cultures as worthy of study; to the struggle to reach out to and retain Native American students, so much more, Native American Studies In Higher Education offers a cornucopia of diverse commentaries with a common theme of embracing knowledge to promote a better tomorrow for all Native Americans, as well as the broader and dominant North American culture.

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At one time or another, every successful business person must face the task of managing a project. Successfully completing such projects is a prerequisite for climbing the corporate ladder. This book, written in clear, non-technical language for the layman, shows readers from start to finish, how to plan, organize, schedule, and lead project management tasks. With an emphasis on the practical, and using real world examples, this book gives readers the knowledge and skills needed to complete projects on time, within budget, to complete satisfaction.

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Excellent Intro to PM.......1999-06-03

I took a course in PM and was frustrated by the textbook (PM: Strategy and Implementation by DI Cleland) that was assigned so I searched the library stacks for introductory texts to Project Management. This one is one of the best. It is comprehensive and down to earth, with good clean figures and illustrations. Nuthin' fancy, just a good and clearly written introduction to project management.

The Cleland book is written for perhaps MBA or civil engineering students who will be looking at the planning and management of international scope projects. It is an encyclopedic book with epic scope but little nuts and bolts information. It might make a handy reference but is not real helpful to someone who needs to know the basic terms and concepts used by working project managers. The Gido and Clements book fits that bill and frankly I would recommend it to the MBAs and civil engineers too if they were new to PM.

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