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  • Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation in the 21st Century: Emerging Research and Opportunities

    Edited by Dimitra J. Smith, Rhonda Lewis, Leslie Singleton ...
    Community colleges are essential in preparing the 21st century workforce. Research has indicated that there is a shortage of individuals prepared for skilled workforce opportunities, such as plumbers, electricians, and many others. In fact, while college is essential in workforce development, it is not the only route that can lead to a successful livelihood. Developing a skill that transfers into ... Read more

    $161.99 USD

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  • Understanding and Managing Public Organizations

    by Hal G. Rainey, Sergio Fernandez, Deanna Malatesta ...
    Series series Essential Texts for Nonprofit and Public Leadership and Management
    Discover the latest insights in organization theory from a comprehensive and masterful volumeUnderstanding and Managing Public Organizations, 6th Edition provides readers with an authoritative reference for scholars, masters, and doctoral students in public management and public affairs programs in the United States and other nations.The 6th Edition of Understanding and Managing Public ... Read more

    $56.00 USD

  • The Challenge of Change

    Start School Improvement Now!

    by Michael Fullan ...
    "The ′challenge of change′ is everyone′s favorite phrase these days. And for good reason. Never has the need been greater in education for reform that results in both individual and societal benefits."—From the IntroductionA cohesive, multi-level approach for sustainable educational reform!With practical insights and critical analysis, this completely revised edition of The Challenge of School ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Redesigning America’s Community Colleges

    A Clearer Path to Student Success

    by Thomas R. Bailey, Shanna Smith Jaggars, Davis Jenkins ...
    In the United States, 1,200 community colleges enroll over ten million students each year—nearly half of the nation’s undergraduates. Yet fewer than 40 percent of entrants complete an undergraduate degree within six years. This fact has put pressure on community colleges to improve academic outcomes for their students. Redesigning America’s Community Colleges is a concise, evidence-based guide for ... Read more

    $34.49 USD

  • Improving Schools Through Community Engagement

    A Practical Guide for Educators

    by Kathy Gardner Chadwick Thomforde ...
    Engage your community and help students achieve their full potential!Americans see public schools as a critical community resource and rank education as a priority second only to the economy. How can educators harness this public interest in education to bring parents, families, and communities to action for our schools? Improving Schools Through Community Engagement addresses these questions and ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Disrupt or Be Disrupted

    A Blueprint for Change in Management Education

    by GMAC (Graduate Management Admission Council) ...
    An evidence-based approach to improving the practice of graduate management educationCompiled by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) and with contributions by administrators and professors from the top global MBA programs, this book provides business school decision-makers with an evidence-based approach to improving the practice of graduate management education. The book is designed ... Read more

    $24.00 USD

  • The Costs of Completion

    Student Success in Community College

    by Robin G. Isserles ...
    To improve community college success, we need to consider the lived realities of students.Our nation's community colleges are facing a completion crisis. The college-going experience of too many students is interrupted, lengthening their time to completing a degree—or worse, causing many to drop out altogether. In The Costs of Completion, Robin G. Isserles contextualizes this crisis by placing ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • University Partnerships for Academic Programs and Professional Development

    Edited by Patrick Blessinger, Barbara Cozza ...
    Series Book 7 - Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning
    This volume examines the diverse ways in which universities and colleges around the world are partnering and collaborating with other institutions to fulfill their missions and visions. University partnerships not only include collaborations between universities but also include university-school (basic education) collaborative partnerships to improve local school systems. The increasing pressures ... Read more

    $143.49 USD

  • Ideological Function of Deming Theory in Higher Education: Emerging Research and Opportunities

    by Thanos Kriemadis, Ioanna Thomopoulou, Anastasia Sioutou ...
    Quality management initiatives have benefited organizations in the corporate world for several years. With this success, these methodologies are now being implemented into other sectors, such as educational institutions. Ideological Function of Deming Theory in Higher Education: Emerging Research and Opportunities presents coverage on the benefits and challenges of applying quality improvement ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Community Leadership Development

    A Compendium of Theory, Research, and Application

    Edited by Mark A. Brennan ...
    Series series Community Development – Current Issues Series
    The development of leadership capacities addresses a vital and continuing need in communities and organizations as they attempt to adapt to a wide range of social, economic, environmental, and political changes. Leadership development activities that focus on building new skills and fostering new ideas directly shape local and organizational capacity. At the organizational level, leadership is a ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Building Synergy for High-Impact Educational Initiatives

    First-Year Seminars and Learning Communities

    Edited by Janine Graziano, Lauren Chism Schmidt ...
    Published in partnership with the Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate EducationFirst-year seminars and learning communities are two of the most commonly offered high-impact practices on U.S. campuses. The goals of these initiatives are similar: helping students make connections to faculty and other students, improving academic performance, and increasing persistence and ... Read more

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  • Public Sector Volunteer Management

    Best Practices and Challenges

    by Aminata Sillah ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Management of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organizations
    In order to effectively and consistently provide services to citizens, local governments have had to come up with creative ways for offering services demanded by their citizens. One popular approach became the creation of volunteer programs as local governments became increasingly reliant on volunteers. Volunteers are one means by which local governments help to increase meaningful engagement with ... Read more

    $60.99 USD