A Comparative Analysis of Community Colleges and Two-Year Technical Colleges.

Autor/in	Wilkinson, David
Titel	A Comparative Analysis of Community Colleges and Two-Year Technical Colleges.
Quelle	(1992), (47 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Educators; College Administration; Community Colleges; Comparative Analysis; Educational Finance; Educational History; Governance; Institutional Characteristics; School Demography; Student Characteristics; Technical Education; Technical Institutes; Technical Occupations; Trend Analysis; Two Year College Students; Two Year Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult education teacher; Adult education; Adult training; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Erwachsenenbildung; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Community college; Community College; Bildungsfonds; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Schulbesuchsrate; Technikunterricht; Technische Fakultät; Technical occupation; Technischer Beruf; Trendanalyse
Abstract	Community colleges (CC's) are institutions using postsecondary instruction adapted in context, level, and schedule, to the needs of the community in which they are located, offering programs intended for normal completion over a two-year, full-time equivalent period, and usually offering a comprehensive curriculum with transfer, career, and compensatory elements along with general and adult education components. Two-year technical colleges (TC's), unlike vocational colleges which provide preparation for occupations, are postsecondary schools offering training in the application of technologies at a level between skilled trades and professions (e.g., data processing, and mechanical engineering). TC's fall into one of four categories: technical campuses of multi-campus CC systems; state administered two-year institutions; two-year proprietary institutions; and non-publicly funded, non-profit institutions. Drawing on these two definitions throughout, this 12-part report details the characteristics of the two types of institutions. After an introduction that includes the definitions, the following sections examine the CC's and TC's separately: (1) history; (2) institutional philosophy and related characteristics; (3) governance and administration; (4) finance; (5) student body characteristics; (6) the role of adult educators; (7) curriculum and methodology; (8) body of knowledge taught; (9) demographic trends; and (10) new issues facing the institutions. A brief conclusion underscores the importance of both types of institutions to the nation. A 64-item bibliography is included. (PAA)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01