Overview of the Community College

This course provides an overview of the history, development, mission and purpose, governance, curriculum and instruction, functions, trends, and issues of community colleges. National and local perspectives will be reviewed and analyzed.

Topics and Objectives

Historical Perspectives, Philosophy, and Mission

  • Define the historical and current role of the community college.
  • Examine the development of community colleges.
  • Illustrate the philosophy, mission, and functions of the community college.

Governance and Organizational Structure

  • Examine community college governance models.
  • Compare national and local governance issues.
  • Describe community college organizational structures.

Funding and Finances

  • Identify sources of community college funding.
  • Analyze the relationship between funding, services, course and program offerings and the local and national economic issue.

Student Populations

  • Describe community college student populations.
  • Define community college assessment and tracking strategies.

Student Services

  • Examine the services offered to community college students.
  • Evaluate the differences between essential and non-essential services.
  • Analyze recruitment and retention issues.
  • Analyze articulation and its relation to community college students.

Instruction

  • Examine community college instructional methodologies.
  • Describe the role of the Learning Assistance Center.
  • Identify assessment of instruction methods and challenges.

Faculty

  • Identify roles and challenges of the community college faculty.
  • Analyze part-time versus full-time faculty issues.
  • Describe community college qualification or certification processes.

Curriculum and Degrees

  • Analyze community college curriculums.
  • Identify types of degrees and certificates awarded by the community college.

Community College Issues and Trends

  • Describe research in and about community colleges.
  • Analyze trends and challenges related to the community college.

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