Author: Barbara K. Townsend
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135579474
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Two-year colleges are often the most financially, geographically, and academically accessible means of higher education for ethnic minorities and women. This book examines five types of two-year special focus schools.
Two-Year Colleges for Women and Minorities
Author: Barbara K. Townsend
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135579474
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Two-year colleges are often the most financially, geographically, and academically accessible means of higher education for ethnic minorities and women. This book examines five types of two-year special focus schools.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135579474
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Two-year colleges are often the most financially, geographically, and academically accessible means of higher education for ethnic minorities and women. This book examines five types of two-year special focus schools.
Women, Minorities, and the Disabled in Science and Technology
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology
Publisher:
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Category : Engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
National Profile of Community Colleges
Author: Kent A. Phillippe
Publisher: Amer. Assn. of Community Col
ISBN: 0871173654
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
This book offers a national view of trends and statistics related to today's community colleges. The new edition includes completely revised text as well as updates to charts and tables on topics such as enrollment, student outcomes, population, curriculum, faculty, workforce, and financial aid. Informative narrative introduces and provides context for the data. An excellent resource for presentations, public information, media relations, and long-range planning. Chapter 1, Community Colleges Past and Present, recounts the history of community colleges and summarizes some of the more pressing issues facing them today. Chapter 2, Community College Enrollment, provides detailed information and demographics concerning enrollment at community colleges and puts it in perspective with the rest of higher education. Chapter 3, The Social and Economic Impact of Community Colleges, describes the impact of community colleges on students and their communities through measures such as degree and certificate completion, employment data, and educational attainment within the general population. Chapter 4, Community College Staff and Services, offers a view of staffing at community colleges, from the presidency and senior administration to faculty and support staff. Chapter 5, College Education Costs and Financing, focuses on the financial aspects of community colleges, as they affect the institution and its students. Chapter 6, A Look at the Future, presages trends and issues that will define the community college of the future. The book also contains a Preface, Glossary, References, Index, and About the Authors. (Contains 39 figures and 77 tables.).
Publisher: Amer. Assn. of Community Col
ISBN: 0871173654
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
This book offers a national view of trends and statistics related to today's community colleges. The new edition includes completely revised text as well as updates to charts and tables on topics such as enrollment, student outcomes, population, curriculum, faculty, workforce, and financial aid. Informative narrative introduces and provides context for the data. An excellent resource for presentations, public information, media relations, and long-range planning. Chapter 1, Community Colleges Past and Present, recounts the history of community colleges and summarizes some of the more pressing issues facing them today. Chapter 2, Community College Enrollment, provides detailed information and demographics concerning enrollment at community colleges and puts it in perspective with the rest of higher education. Chapter 3, The Social and Economic Impact of Community Colleges, describes the impact of community colleges on students and their communities through measures such as degree and certificate completion, employment data, and educational attainment within the general population. Chapter 4, Community College Staff and Services, offers a view of staffing at community colleges, from the presidency and senior administration to faculty and support staff. Chapter 5, College Education Costs and Financing, focuses on the financial aspects of community colleges, as they affect the institution and its students. Chapter 6, A Look at the Future, presages trends and issues that will define the community college of the future. The book also contains a Preface, Glossary, References, Index, and About the Authors. (Contains 39 figures and 77 tables.).
Resources in Education
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering
Author:
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Category : Handicapped
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Handicapped
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Science and Technology Education at Community Colleges
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology
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Category : Community colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Community colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering, 1996
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788149024
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788149024
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Enhancing the Community College Pathway to Engineering Careers
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030913353X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Community colleges play an important role in starting students on the road to engineering careers, but students often face obstacles in transferring to four-year educational institutions to continue their education. Enhancing the Community College Pathway to Engineering Careers, a new book from the National Academy of Engineering and the National Research Council, discusses ways to improve the transfer experience for students at community colleges and offers strategies to enhance partnerships between those colleges and four-year engineering schools to help students transfer more smoothly. In particular, the book focuses on challenges and opportunities for improving transfer between community colleges and four-year educational institutions, recruitment and retention of students interested in engineering, the curricular content and quality of engineering programs, opportunities for community colleges to increase diversity in the engineering workforce, and a review of sources of information on community college and transfer students. It includes a number of current policies, practices, and programs involving community collegeâ€"four-year institution partnerships.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030913353X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Community colleges play an important role in starting students on the road to engineering careers, but students often face obstacles in transferring to four-year educational institutions to continue their education. Enhancing the Community College Pathway to Engineering Careers, a new book from the National Academy of Engineering and the National Research Council, discusses ways to improve the transfer experience for students at community colleges and offers strategies to enhance partnerships between those colleges and four-year engineering schools to help students transfer more smoothly. In particular, the book focuses on challenges and opportunities for improving transfer between community colleges and four-year educational institutions, recruitment and retention of students interested in engineering, the curricular content and quality of engineering programs, opportunities for community colleges to increase diversity in the engineering workforce, and a review of sources of information on community college and transfer students. It includes a number of current policies, practices, and programs involving community collegeâ€"four-year institution partnerships.
Two-year Colleges and the Internet
Author: Dianne Marie Michels
Publisher:
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Category : College teachers
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : College teachers
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Resources in Women's Educational Equity
Author:
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Category : Sex differences in education
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Literature cited in AGRICOLA, Dissertations abstracts international, ERIC, ABI/INFORM, MEDLARS, NTIS, Psychological abstracts, and Sociological abstracts. Selection focuses on education, legal aspects, career aspects, sex differences, lifestyle, and health. Common format (bibliographical information, descriptors, and abstracts) and ERIC subject terms used throughout. Contains order information. Subject, author indexes.
Publisher:
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Category : Sex differences in education
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Literature cited in AGRICOLA, Dissertations abstracts international, ERIC, ABI/INFORM, MEDLARS, NTIS, Psychological abstracts, and Sociological abstracts. Selection focuses on education, legal aspects, career aspects, sex differences, lifestyle, and health. Common format (bibliographical information, descriptors, and abstracts) and ERIC subject terms used throughout. Contains order information. Subject, author indexes.