Dual Enrollment Policies, Pathways, and Perspectives

Dual Enrollment Policies, Pathways, and Perspectives

Author: Jason L. Taylor

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2015-03-16

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 1119054184

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Looking to develop new dual enrollment programs or adapt and revamp an existing dual enrollment programs at a community college? This volume addresses the critical issues and topics of dual enrollment practices and policies, including: state policies that regulate dual enrollment practice and the influence of state policy on local practice, the usage of dual enrollment programs as a pathway for different populations of students such as career and technical education students and students historically underrepresented in higher education, and chapters that surface student, faculty, and high school stakeholder perspectives and that examine institutional and partnership performance and quality. This is the 169th volume of this Jossey-Bass quarterly report series. Essential to the professional libraries of presidents, vice presidents, deans, and other leaders in today's open-door institutions, New Directions for Community Colleges provides expert guidance in meeting the challenges of their distinctive and expanding educational mission.


The Kentucky Encyclopedia

The Kentucky Encyclopedia

Author: John E. Kleber

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Published: 2014-10-17

Total Pages: 1080

ISBN-13: 0813159016

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The Kentucky Encyclopedia's 2,000-plus entries are the work of more than five hundred writers. Their subjects reflect all areas of the commonwealth and span the time from prehistoric settlement to today's headlines, recording Kentuckians' achievements in art, architecture, business, education, politics, religion, science, and sports. Biographical sketches portray all of Kentucky's governors and U.S. senators, as well as note congressmen and state and local politicians. Kentucky's impact on the national scene is registered in the lives of such figures as Carry Nation, Henry Clay, Louis Brandeis, and Alben Barkley. The commonwealth's high range from writers Harriette Arnow and Jesse Stuart, reformers Laura Clay and Mary Breckinridge, and civil rights leaders Whitney Young, Jr., and Georgia Powers, to sports figures Muhammad Ali and Adolph Rupp and entertainers Loretta Lynn, Merle Travis, and the Everly Brothers. Entries describe each county and county seat and each community with a population above 2,500. Broad overview articles examine such topics as agriculture, segregation, transportation, literature, and folklife. Frequently misunderstood aspects of Kentucky's history and culture are clarified and popular misconceptions corrected. The facts on such subjects as mint juleps, Fort Knox, Boone's coonskin cap, the Kentucky hot brown, and Morgan's Raiders will settle many an argument. For both the researcher and the more casual reader, this collection of facts and fancies about Kentucky and Kentuckians will be an invaluable resource.


Building Better Boards

Building Better Boards

Author: Lourdes Sheehan

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781558330429

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Boards and commissions, an important part of Catholic education since the late 1800s, experienced a significant revival in the decades following the Vatican Council II. Today, approximately 68 percent of the Catholic schools in the United States have some form of educational governance structure. Although the primary focus of this handbook, which contains 10 chapters, is on Catholic school boards and boards of trustees, the principles and much of the materials are easily adaptable to councils, commissions, and committees for other diocesan, parish, and religious education programs. Specifically, the chapters define a Catholic school board; discuss policy formation and enactment; review selection and appointment of the principal; study the roles and relationships of boards and schools; and cover board meetings. Additional chapters explore planning, the role of the board in finances; development and public relations/marketing; evaluaation of and by the board; and membership. The 12 appendices contain sample constitutions for a variety of educational governance structures, definitions and guidelines related to Catholic school principal selection, the functions of the board and a board member's profile, and sample diocesan policies. Practicing subsidiarity and collaboration, school boards and other diocesan, parish, and educational councils and commissions can effectively and efficaciously serve the church's educational mission. The bibliography contains 33 references. (KM)


American Universities and Colleges

American Universities and Colleges

Author: American Council on Education

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 1866

ISBN-13: 9783110146899

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**** Produced in collaboration with the American Council on Education. Previous editions are cited in BCL3 and Guide to Reference Books. Arranged by state, some 1,900 institutions are covered, including 58 for the first time. Material comes directly from the institutions themselves in response to a questionnaire. Entries provide both the essential statistical data (tuition, room, board, admissions requirements, financial aid, enrollments) and other information important to decision making (e.g. student life, library holdings, physical plant, study abroad programs). Enhancing the institution profiles are sections on foreign students at US institutions, professional education, and the history of higher education in the US, among other topics. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR