Overview
- Critical analysis of governance, leadership, and mission
- Highlights the challenges of the field in a variety of countries worldwide
- Builds comparative understanding of the field at large
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer International Handbooks of Education (SIHE)
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Table of contents (45 entries)
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Building a Higher Educational Sector
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Globalization: Mission, Market Commodity, and the Philosophical Role
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Institutional and Cultural Adaptations
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Theories on Achieving Equity: Philosophy and Practice
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About this book
This work will introduce and elaborate upon these topics to highlight not only the challenges of the field in a variety of countries worldwide, but to also begin to build comparative understanding of the field at large. In that these institutions are now identified, it is time to academically address their role in higher education.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Comparative Studies on Community Colleges and Global Counterparts
Editors: Rosalind Latiner Raby, Edward J. Valeau
Series Title: Springer International Handbooks of Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50911-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences, Reference Module Education
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50910-5Published: 06 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50911-2Published: 21 March 2018
Series ISSN: 2197-1951
Series E-ISSN: 2197-196X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: LIX, 825
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 39 illustrations in colour
Topics: International and Comparative Education, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Higher Education