The Role of American Community Colleges in Building Community.

Autor/in	Taber, Lynn Sullivan
Titel	The Role of American Community Colleges in Building Community.
Quelle	(1996), (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Stellungnahme; College Role; Community Colleges; Community Development; Community Problems; Community Services; Institutional Mission; School Community Relationship; Social Problems; Sociocultural Patterns; Two Year Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Community; Development; Entwicklung; Gemeindenahe Versorgung; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Soziokulturelle Theorie
Abstract	The American system of higher education consists of public and private institutions, of which there are three segments: universities, four-year institutions, and two-year colleges. Further, there are three types of two-year colleges: comprehensive community colleges, offering a broad array of programs and services; junior colleges, focusing on transfer courses that apply to degree programs at four-year institutions; and vocational/technical colleges that focus on certificates or degrees or are a part of tech-prep programs. While institutional mission statements vary, the themes of meeting community needs and creating a dynamic, prosperous community appear in many two-year college missions. However, the familial, educational, and social foundations of civil society are currently in crisis, as evidenced by rising divorce rates, low reading rates of minority children, increasing amounts of television watched by school children, and increasing numbers of young people held in juvenile facilities. Specific examples of community colleges working to solve these problems and build community include a child development/child care center at New Mexico's Albuquerque Technical-Vocational Institute; a science, engineering, and mathematics academy for underrepresented students and a center for applied gerontology at Ohio's Cuyahoga Community College; a mentoring program for at-risk middle school students developed by Oregon's Chemeketa Community College; and a program to enable citizens to participate in community planning at Florida Community College at Jacksonville. (Contains 20 references.) (HAA)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01