TY - BOOK
T1 - Examining the impact of community colleges on the global workforce
AU - Jones, Stephanie J.
AU - Smith, Dimitra Jackson
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 by IGI Global. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/8/1
Y1 - 2015/8/1
N2 - In an effort to create a more educated workforce in the United States, many community colleges are implementing new practices and strategies to assist under-prepared students. These efforts will ultimately support a stronger and more resilient global workforce. Examining the Impact of Community Colleges on the Global Workforce provides relevant theoretical and conceptual frameworks, best practices, and emerging empirical research about new approaches being employed in community colleges to prepare students for their post-collegiate careers. Featuring recent initiatives in educational settings, this publication is a critical reference source for higher education practitioners, policymakers, and graduate students in higher education administration programs interested in the innovative practices utilized by community colleges to educate underserved students.
AB - In an effort to create a more educated workforce in the United States, many community colleges are implementing new practices and strategies to assist under-prepared students. These efforts will ultimately support a stronger and more resilient global workforce. Examining the Impact of Community Colleges on the Global Workforce provides relevant theoretical and conceptual frameworks, best practices, and emerging empirical research about new approaches being employed in community colleges to prepare students for their post-collegiate careers. Featuring recent initiatives in educational settings, this publication is a critical reference source for higher education practitioners, policymakers, and graduate students in higher education administration programs interested in the innovative practices utilized by community colleges to educate underserved students.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84958645531&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4018/978-1-4666-8481-2
DO - 10.4018/978-1-4666-8481-2
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:84958645531
SN - 146668481X
SN - 9781466684812
BT - Examining the impact of community colleges on the global workforce
PB - IGI-Global
ER -