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The Social Role of the Community College: A Selection of Papers Presented at the Conference (Binghamton, New York, October 10-11, 1986). Reprint Series No. 1-87.
- Publication Year :
- 1987
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Abstract
- This proceedings report contains 6 of the 12 papers presented at a conference on the social role of the community college. First, information on the event, a conference program, an ERIC bibliography, and opening remarks by Richard M. Romano, conference coordinator, are presented. Next, the following papers are reproduced: (1) "Community Colleges, Community and Regional Development, and the Concept of Communiversity," by S. V. Martorana; (2) "Determining the Economic Returns on Investment in Selected Occupational Educational Programs," by Edward Mills; (3) "An Economic Perspective on Financing the Community College," by Gary A. Moore; (4) "Mission and Images for SUNY [State University of New York] Community Colleges: A View from Within," by Barbara K. Townsend and responding comments by Gene Grabiner; (5) "The Humanities and the New Student: Some Possibilities for Social Transformation," by L. Steven Zwerling; and (6) SUNY's "Report of the Chancellor's Task Force on Community Colleges," which examines and offers recommendations concerning goverance, ties and relationships between community colleges and SUNY state-operated colleges, academic and general programmatic issues, and funding. (LAL)
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- ERIC
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- ED280545
- Document Type :
- Reports - Descriptive<br />Opinion Papers<br />Collected Works - Proceedings