Handbook of Comparative Studies on Community Colleges and Global Counterparts - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3319509101 ISBN 13 : 9783319509105

Editeur : Springer International Publishing AG, 2018

Synopsis

Focuses on critical analysis of governance, leadership, and mission
Highlights the challenges of the field in a variety of countries worldwide
Begins to build comparative understanding of the field at large

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Rosalind Latiner Raby, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer at California State University, Northridge in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department of the College of Education and is an affiliate faculty for the ELPS Ed.D. Community College program. She also serves as Director of California Colleges for International Education, a non-profit consortium whose membership includes 91 California community colleges. Dr. Raby received her Ph.D. in the field of Comparative and International Education from UCLA and, since 1984, has worked with community college faculty and administrators to help them internationalize their campuses. Among her publications on the topic of international education and community colleges are "Global Engagement at US Community Colleges" (2012), "A Comparative View of Colleges of Further Education (UK) and Community Colleges (US): Maintaining Access in an Era of Financial Constraint" with Martin Jephcote (2012), "Community Colleges and Study Abroad" (2005), and Looking to the Future: Report on International and Global education in California Community Colleges (1999).

Edward J. Valeau, Ed.D., is Superintendent President Emeritus of Hartnell Community College located in Salinas, California, and where he served for 12 years. He is also President Emeritus of California Colleges for International Education. Ed is an American Council on Education Fellow and Fulbright Scholar. He is the co-author of several books including his latest contribution, Increasing Effectiveness of the Community College Financial Model: A Global Perspective for the Global Economy (2011). He is the founder and Senior Partner of the ELS Group, a national Chief Executive Search firm located in Northern California.

Dr. Raby and Dr. Valeau were the editors for the book, Community College Models: Globalization and Higher Education Reform (2009, Springer Netherlands). Since publication, this book has remained one of the more popular sellers for Springer and chapters continue to be downloaded years after publication. Other joint publications include International Education at Community Colleges: Themes, Practices, Research, and Case Studies (2016, Palgrave Macmillan), Increasing Effectiveness of the Community College Financial Model: A Global Perspective for the Global Economy (2011, Palgrave Macmillan), and International Reform Efforts and Challenges in Community Colleges (2007, Jossey-Bass Publishers).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer International Publishing AG
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3319509101
• ISBN 13: 9783319509105
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 884
• Éditeur: Latiner Raby Rosalind, Valeau Edward J.
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