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August, 2007

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‘Stick to the Knitting’
By Jeffrey Ross, Ed D., Professor of English, - Central Arizona College-Superstition Mountain Campus
In 1982, Tom Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr. published an influential text. In Search of Excellence discussed the management and organizational practices of major business and corporations in America. According to Chapman (2006), eight themes (which also constitute the eight chapters of the book) emerged in the text. These eight points highlighted attributes of successful companies in the 1980’s. What makes a successful business? And what does that have to do with running community colleges?

Provincialism and Worldview: "Beware! Dragons Be There!"
By John Paddison, PhD
For the past several years, I have been intrigued with the notion of global education, with the concept that education can and should have no borders or boundaries or limitations. This fascination, I think, can be traced back to my undergraduate experience. I am a product of a “basic liberal arts” education--an educational pedagogy that I continually heard defined as a “well rounded” approach to learning. As a result, my professional training has taught me to be ever mindful of the metaphors that continually shape and direct our lives, our worldview, if you will. Therefore, I would like to share one such metaphor with you.

Certificate Program Educates Students About Bioterrorism Threats
By Cynthia Root
Access to information on homeland security is not an issue in the United States today, but having access to technically accurate information is a problem. Too often we are inundated by commercial information that may or may not accurately represent the actual situation we are facing. Without an accurate knowledge base from which to evaluate the current threat we are vulnerable to developing a fear response that becomes more exaggerated with each successive new danger identified in the commercial literature, whether real or only a remote possibility.

Message from the editor
Enclosed in this issue you’ll find a letter from our publisher informing you of the discontinuation of the current version of Community College Leader. What I’d like to tell you about is a new program to serve community college leaders that Magna Publications will be initiating.

Course Shopping
Most colleges and universities have fairly lenient drop/add policies for courses. Students can drop a course well into the semester, and courses can be added during a shorter time window at the beginning of the semester or term. During that course add period, some students do course shopping. They sign up for a course, attend the first couple of sessions, then drop the course and replace it with another course.

How to Talk to Students About Cheating
By David Callahan
In recent years, a strong movement has emerged to reduce cheating led by the Center for Academic Integrity and by committed faculty, administrators, and students across the country. Despite progress, a key question remains unanswered: What messages about cheating are most likely to change student attitudes and behavior?

Change in Curricular Emphasis Makes Bachelor’s Closer
By Laura Putre
In the past decade, community colleges have increasingly shifted from primarily vocational offerings to general education curricula preparing students to transfer to traditional baccalaureate colleges after two years. One school at the forefront of that movement is Monroe Community College in Rochester, N.Y.