Serving Minority Populations New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 127,9780787977900

Serving Minority Populations New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 127

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780787977900
ISBN10: 078797790X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-10-20
Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
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Summary

Focuses on community colleges that are responding to the academic, financial, and cultural needs of an increasingly diverse student population. Programs and services are profiled that improve access, retention, and overall academic success. At the heart of this volume are best practices that rely upon the experience and successes of Minority Serving Institutions and that offer direction to mainstream community colleges seeking to meet the needs of their increasingly diverse student bodies.This is the 127th volume of the Jossey-Bass higher education series New Directions for Community Colleges.

Table of Contents

Editor's Notes 1(4)
Berta Vigil Laden
Serving Emerging Majority Students
5(16)
Berta Vigil Laden
The Role of Urban Community Colleges in Educating Diverse Populations
21(14)
Linda Serra Hagedorn
Realizing Student Success at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
35(14)
Margarita Benitez
Jessie DeAro
Defining Asian American and Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions
49(12)
Frankie Santos Laanan
Soko S. Starobin
Lessons from Community College Programs Targeting Welfare Recipients
61(18)
Edwin Melendez
Luis M. Falcon
Alexandra de Montrichard
Diversity in the Two-Year College Academic Workforce
79(10)
Jerlando F. L. Jackson
L. Allen Phelps
The Alliance for Equity in Higher Education
89(8)
Jamie P. Merisotis
Katherine A. Goulian
Resources and Information for Serving Minority Populations
97(12)
Victor Saenz
Index 109

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