Community Colleges: A Report to the Twelfth Alaska State Legislature by the Community College Interim Committee. Volume II: Transcripts of Public Testimony.

Institution	Alaska State Commission on Postsecondary Education, Juneau.
Titel	Community Colleges: A Report to the Twelfth Alaska State Legislature by the Community College Interim Committee. Volume II: Transcripts of Public Testimony.
Quelle	(1981), (370 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Stellungnahme; Administrative Organization; College Planning; College Role; Community Colleges; Educational Demand; Educational Objectives; Educational Planning; Educational Policy; Educational Supply; Governance; Governing Boards; Hearings; Postsecondary Education; School Community Relationship; Statewide Planning; Tuition; Two Year Colleges; Alaska + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienplanung; Community college; Community College; Bildungsanforderung; Bildungsnachfrage; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Bildungsplanung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsangebot; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Governing body; Governing bodies; Leitungsgremium; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Planwirtschaft; Unterweisung; Unterricht
Abstract	As part of a study of the role, governance, and future direction of the community colleges of the University of Alaska, public hearings and teleconferences were held at 13 locations in Alaska between October 1980 and January 1981. Over 200 people participated in these discussions, and testimony was taken from educators, administrators, students, community members, business people, and other interested parties. This report provides transcripts of the public testimony arranged chronologically and by place. The testimony provides a variety of comments concerning college governance structure, community college mission, community college responsiveness to needs, the use of policy advisory councils, tuition, and other issues. Several themes emerge from the transcripts: (1) there was widespread opinion that there is inequitable funding to the detriment of the community colleges; (2) there was dissatisfaction with the community colleges' ability to provide courses and programs requested by their constituencies and to provide adequate outreach programs; (3) there was a perceived need for more flexibility of educational delivery modes; (4) significant problems were perceived in the transfer of credits from the community colleges to the universities; (5) the colleges' policy advisory councils were seen as serving an important function; and (6) the primary thrust of the community college was seen as offering vocational-technical courses. (HB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC