America's Broken Promise: Bridging the Community College Achievement Gap - Couverture souple

Marti, Eduardo

 
9781944079055: America's Broken Promise: Bridging the Community College Achievement Gap
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 194407905X ISBN 13 : 9781944079055
Editeur : Hudson Whitman/ Excelsior College Press, 2016

Synopsis

Most community college leaders, administrators, faculty, and policymakers take pride in knowing that community colleges are the only postsecondary institutions that promise to educate and prepare all interested Americans. Yet, they are often publicly criticized by politicians, tax payers, and fellow educators. In America's Broken Promise, Dr. Eduardo Marti shows how community colleges have multiple, difficult, and often competing missions, particularly surrounding access and achievement rates. He reminds us that a very high percentage of students entering the community college "open door" are neither college ready nor intent upon graduation. He then critically traces the development of the unique role of community colleges, differentiates them from selective-admission institutions, shows their success creating open access environments, then maps out new ways these institutions can and must come closer to fulfilling their achievement promise.

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À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Eduardo Martí has served community colleges over thirty years, as interim president of Bronx Community College, Vice Chancellor for Community Colleges of the City University of New York, president emeritus Queensborough Community College, president of Corning Community College of the State University of New York (SUNY), and as President of SUNY's Tompkins Cortland Community College. Dr. Martí also served as Executive Dean of Tunxis Community College and Acting President of Middlesex Community College, both located in Connecticut.

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Éditeur
Hudson Whitman/ Excelsior College Press
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
194407905X
ISBN 13 
9781944079055
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
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Personne responsable
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