Four Decades of Innovation: Impact of the League for Innovation

Autor/inn/en	De Los Santos, Gerardo E.; O'Banion, Terry
Titel	Four Decades of Innovation: Impact of the League for Innovation
Quelle	In: Community College Journal, 78 (2008) 5, S.34-36 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1067-1803
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Educational Innovation; International Organizations; Instructional Design; Institutional Role; Educational History; Faculty Development; Information Technology; Leadership; Labor Force Development; Diversity (Faculty); Program Implementation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Informationstechnologie; Führung; Führungsposition; Arbeitskräftebestand
Abstract	This article describes the League for Innovation in the Community College which will be celebrating throughout 2008 its 40th anniversary as one of the oldest and most significant organizations in the community college world. Created in 1968, when community colleges were being established at the rate of one per week, the League became a beacon for cutting-edge ideas that would influence the community college movement over the next four decades. Through its projects, programs, and practices, the League has reflected the major issues community colleges face and has had considerable impact on those issues. The League has prevailed in part because of the characteristics that distinguish it from other educational organizations. Most are designed to represent the interests of targeted groups with competing agendas or to champion a specific discipline or educational program; some are designed to serve political purposes. The League champions and advocates a process or an idea--innovation--that gives it the latitude to explore many opportunities. The League is free from the usual limitations placed on organizations but is anchored in the compelling and creative notion of innovation. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Association of Community Colleges. One Dupont Circle NW Suite 410, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-728-0200; Fax: 202-833-2467; Web site: http://www.aacc.nche.edu/bookstore
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10