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ABSTRACTS, WINTER 2002 (Volume 30,
No. 3)
Democratic
Leadership and Faculty Empowerment at the Community
College: A Theoretical Model for the Department
Chair
McArthur
Community college
organization at the department level, with diverse
disciplines and semiautonomous faculty members,
presents important leadership issues for the newly
appointed department chair. Faced with an existing
culture that looks upon the administration with some
mistrust, the chair must work within a leadership
perspective of a faculty peer rather than a military
commander. The author concludes that the most
appropriate theoretical model for a department chair
is democratic leadership emphasizing faculty
empowerment as a way to overcome faculty resistance to
change.
Mission Priorities
of Community Colleges in the Southern United
States
Ayers
Executive-level
administrators must provide strategic leadership of
the institutional mission if their community colleges
are to adapt and respond to learner needs in a rapidly
changing environment. Through a content analysis of
mission statements from 102 community colleges in the
United States, this study reveals 7 salient themes
regarding the mission priorities of contemporary
community colleges in the southern United States.
Confidence intervals indicate the probable proportions
of community college mission statements reflecting
each salient theme.
Community College
Mentoring: Minority Student Perception
Pope
Research has
demonstrated the impact of mentoring programs in
enhancing the academic and social integration of
minority students in community colleges. However,
there is a lack of an approach which addresses
mentoring for minority community college students at
multiple levels. This study will analyze minority
student perception of multilevel
mentoring.
ERIC Review:
Learning Communities at the Community
College
Minkler
This review of
literature focuses on learning communities--the
deliberate restructuring of curriculum in order to
build a community of learners among students and
faculty. LCs are discussed in relation to the
community college mission, faculty, and students.
Existing programs are also discussed along with
suggestions for implementation.
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