Promoting Success Community College 69 (Issue 69: New Directions for Student Services-SS ) - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787999520 ISBN 13: 9780787999520

Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S., 1995

Synopsis

Community colleges are unique in higher education: they are colleges of opportunity for the underprepared and the underrepresented, those new to the country and new to higher education, those seeking a second chance, and those needing a new start. As a result, student affairs practitioners in two-year institutions function in ways that differ significantly from their counterparts in four-year colleges and universities. This volume examines the dynamics of change that characterizes community college students; offers a theoretical base from which to understand today's new student; explores the impact that organizational structure and partnerships have on program effectiveness; suggests a critical role for counseling in the two-year college; describes exemplary programs across the country; and proposes a model to help practitioners anticipate and respond to change. Using student success as the yardstick by which program effectiveness is measured, the authors attempt to capture Anduring principles that practitioners can use to shape student affairs programs to meet the unique needs of their institutions and their students. This is the 69th issue of the quarterly journal "New Directions for Student Services."

About this title

About the Author

STEVEN R. HELFGOT is a counselor and coordinator of school relations at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California, where he previously served as vice president for student services. MARGUERITE MCGANN CULP is dean of student services at Seminole Community College in Sanford, Florida.

From the Back Cover

Community colleges are unique in higher education: they are colleges of opportunity for the underprepared and the underrepresented, those new to the country and new to higher education, those seeking a second chance, and those needing a new start. As a result, student affairs practitioners in two-year institutions function in ways that differ significantly from their counterparts in four-year colleges and universities. This volume of New Directions for Student Services examines the dynamics of change that characterizes community college students; offers a theoretical base from which to understand today's new student; explores the impact that organizational structure and partnerships have on program effectiveness; suggests a critical role for counseling in the two-year college; describes exemplary programs across the country; and proposes a model to help practitioners anticipate and respond to change. Using student success as the yardstick by which program effectiveness is measured, the authors attempt to capture enduring principles that practitioners can use to shape student affairs programs to meet the unique needs of their institutions and their students. This is the 69th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Student Services. For more information on the series, please see the Journals and Periodicals page.

From the Inside Flap

Community colleges are unique in higher education: they are colleges of opportunity for the underprepared and the underrepresented, those new to the country and new to higher education, those seeking a second chance, and those needing a new start. As a result, student affairs practitioners in two-year institutions function in ways that differ significantly from their counterparts in four-year colleges and universities. This volume of New Directions for Student Services examines the dynamics of change that characterizes community college students; offers a theoretical base from which to understand today's new student; explores the impact that organizational structure and partnerships have on program effectiveness; suggests a critical role for counseling in the two-year college; describes exemplary programs across the country; and proposes a model to help practitioners anticipate and respond to change. Using student success as the yardstick by which program effectiveness is measured, the authors attempt to capture Anduring principles that practitioners can use to shape student affairs programs to meet the unique needs of their institutions and their students. This is the 69th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Student Services. For more information on the series, please see the Journals and Periodicals page.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787999520
• ISBN 13: 9780787999520
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112