Strengthening Collegiate Education in Community Colleges (Jossey Bass Higher & Adult Education Series)

Drawing on her extensive experience in leading community colleges, Judith S. Eaton shows how these colleges can best serve the needs of today's diverse student population by providing rigorous, high-quality, college-level education.Eaton details the key factors that have caused community colleges to shift from crucial sites of higher education opportunity to ambiguous centers of quasi-educational programs and services. She suggests what actions can be taken to strengthen the collegiate purpose across all institutional levels--providing specific suggestions on reshaping the institutional agenda for faculty, administration, presidents, and trustees.