Springer International Handbooks of Education: Handbook of Comparative Studies on Community Colleges and Global Counterparts
Springer International Handbooks of Education: Handbook of Comparative Studies on Community Colleges and Global Counterparts
Editor/Author
Latiner Raby, Rosalind and Valeau, Edward J.
Publication Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media
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$399.00

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ISBN: 978-3-319-50911-2
Category: Social Sciences - Education
Image Count:
57
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
This book explores the complexities of community colleges and global counterparts by focusing on critical analysis of governance, leadership, and mission.
Table of Contents
- Springer International Handbooks of Education
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Prologue 1
- Prologue 2
- Prologue 3
- Advisory Board
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Editors and Contributors
- Contributors
- Volume 1 Building a Higher Educational Sector
- 1 Building a Higher Educational Sector: Volume Introduction
- Globalization: Mission, Market Commodity, and the Philosophical Role
- 2 Community Colleges and Global Counterparts: Defining a Higher Educational Sector
- 3 The Changing Shape of Further and Higher Education in the UK
- 4 TAFE in Australia
- 5 Sustainability of Massification in East Asian Higher Education: Community Colleges in Hong Kong in Retrospect and Prospects
- 6 Transnational Education Policy and a Globally Competitive Workforce: A Comparative Analysis of Vocational Education and Training Policy in the European Union and the United States
- 7 Developments in the Postsecondary Education Niche in South Africa
- 8 Economics of Education in Afghanistan: Expanding Academic Programs Based on Market Demands Dictated by International Agency Funds Toward Self-Sustainability
- Institutional and Cultural Adaptations
- 9 From Pilot Project to Permanent Status: Community Colleges in Vietnam
- 10 Developing Community Education: A New Model of Community Colleges in Mainland China
- 11 Reenvisioning Community Colleges in Nepal: Preparing All Students for Success
- 12 Translating the Community College Concept in India
- Theories on Achieving Equity: Philosophy and Practice
- 13 Center and Periphery in Israel's Higher Education
- 14 Second-Tier Higher Education Institutions and the Diversity Challenge: Structural Components Adopted Through a Germanic Lens
- 15 Analyzing the Media Narratives in South Africa's #FeesMustFall Movement
- 16 Further Education Colleges in the United Kingdom: Providing Education for Other People's Children
- Class, Race, and Gender Inequalities: Implications for Educational Opportunities
- 17 Academic Education of Israeli Arabs: Transitions from 2006 to 2016 and the Impact on Their Social Integration
- 18 Challenges and Opportunities – Community College Development in Afghanistan: Serving Students and Gender Equity
- 19 Why the TVET System of French-Speaking African Countries is Not Able to Produce a Highly Qualified and Operational Man Power? A Comparison with Canadian Community Colleges
- 20 Technical Education in Colombia Between Expansion and Legitimacy: A Neo-Institutional Perspective
- Volume 2 Structural Components: The Challenges of Change
- 21 Structural Components: The Challenges of Change: Volume Introduction
- Curriculum, Program Assessment, and Quality Assurance
- 22 Functions, Organization, and Contemporary Challenges of the American Community College
- 23 Evaluation of Teaching and Learning Outcomes in Health Systems Management Studies, the Case of Israel: Ideal Versus Actual
- 24 Linking Internationalization to Student Success: Voices from Stakeholders
- 25 Evolution of Community Colleges in Thailand: From Formal Establishment to the Present Time
- 26 Feasibility and Challenges on a National Qualifications Framework and Permeability in Education and Training System in Japan
- 27 Quality Assurance in China's New Public Higher Education Institutions: Achievements, Challenges, and Illustrative Case Studies
- Internationalization: Designing Curricular, Mobility, and Partnerships Opportunities
- 28 Enablers and Constrainers of Internationalization of Higher Education Institutions: A Case Study from Portugal
- 29 The Internationalization of Vocational Education in Brazil's Federal Institutes: Another Model
- 30 A Horse of a Different Color? Reexamining International Students at Community Colleges in the USA and Canada
- 31 Vietnam and Higher Education Internationalization: The Promise of Community Colleges
- 32 Promoting Green Skills in the Caribbean: A Grenada–Canada Partnership to Educate and Train the Sustainable Development Practitioner for the Twenty-First Century
- Innovation: Adaptation to Education Needs of the Learner
- 33 Adult Learning in Italy: Historical Context and Perspectives for a New Provision
- 34 Meeting the Challenges of Globalization while Preserving Institutional Singularity: The Case of Quebec CEGEPs
- 35 Roles of Community College for Community Development in Malaysia: Entrepreneurship Education Program
- 36 The Community College Branch Campus in Kuwait: Meeting Needs of the People and of Industry
- 37 Educational Reform Through Sponsored Projects in Curacao: Government-Sponsored Technical and Career Institutions, Postsecondary Education, and the Challenges of Workforce Development
- 38 Upgrading Polytechnic in Namibia to the Namibia University of Science and Technology and the Post-secondary Education Niche in Namibia
- Pathways Post-completion: Career Advancement, University Transfer, and Baccalaureate Degrees
- 39 Developing a Skilled Workforce Through Technical and Vocational Education and Training in the Philippines
- 40 Fostering Creative, Practical, and Professional Engineers: National Institute of Technology (KOSEN) in Japan
- 41 The Community College Concept and Youth Unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
- 42 When the Walls Come Tumbling Down: A Case Study of Community Colleges Within a Canadian High Mobility Postsecondary System
- 43 Dimensions of Collaboration Between Community Colleges and Universities in Facilitating Attainment of Baccalaureate Degrees in Career and Technical Education
- Concluding Chapter
- 44 Community Colleges and Global Counterparts as Evolving Forms
- Erratum to: Developing a Skilled Workforce Through Technical and Vocational Education and Training in the Philippines