Making Good on the Promise: Learning-Centered Education for College Leaders

Autor/inn/en	O'Banion, Terry; Kaplan, Jonathan
Titel	Making Good on the Promise: Learning-Centered Education for College Leaders
Quelle	In: Community College Journal, 74 (2004) 5, S.16-19 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1067-1803
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Democracy; Foreign Countries; Leaders; Higher Education; Leadership; Canada; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Demokratie; Ausland; Fachleiter; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Führung; Führungsposition; Kanada; USA
Abstract	The community college has carved out a well-deserved role in higher education as "democracy's college." The yoke of responsibility carried by community colleges today--and the scope of the challenges they can anticipate in the future--requires the dedication of visionary, skilled leaders who understand how to make good on the promise of their uniquely democratic institutions. To date, community college leaders have done an admirable job responding to the demands and expectations of their diverse "electorate." But maintaining and improving future performance will depend in large measure on how they respond to two major waves of historic proportion engulfing community colleges. First, in the analysis of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), there is a leadership crisis, a challenge that needs immediate attention. Second, there is an emerging commitment to learning-centered education, an approach that has captured the attention of hundreds of community colleges across the United States and Canada. These two waves present an opportunity for the convergence of a new idea: a learning-centered Ph.D. for community college leaders. The authors contend that college leaders make good on the "promise" of their uniquely democratic institutions through learning-centered Ph.D. programs. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10