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| Community College Identity Fragmentation in the 21st century By Jeffrey Ross In a recent article posted at Insidehighered.com, “Second Thoughts About ‘Professionalism,'” I questioned the culture of professionalism which has emerged in American community colleges. The basic premise of that discussion was that the community college identity, or its purpose, has been blurred by “external” forces. I considered that community colleges have failed to develop, since the 1960’s open door policy, a “native” theoretical framework. |
| Using Market Data to Guide Program Development Through close partnerships with local industry and extensive market research, Northeast Iowa Community College was able to develop its Gas Utility Construction and Service program (an associate in applied science degree program) in just nine months. Community College Leader recently spoke to Curt Oldfield, the college’s vice president of academic affairs, about how this program came about and how the process might be applied to developing future academic programs. |
| An Internet2 FAQ for Distance Education Professionals By Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti By now, virtually everyone in higher education – and indeed, in all industries – is comfortable with the power of the internet for working and communicating over distances. But, even a decade after its inception, many people are still unfamiliar with Internet2. To answer some of the most common questions that distance learning professionals may have about Internet2, we spoke with Robert Dixon, chief research engineer at Ohio State University and OARNet, a user and heavily involved member of Internet2. |
| The Growing Impact of e-Learning in Community Colleges: Results of the 2006 Instructional Technology Council Distance Education Survey Results from the 3rd Annual ITC Distance education (DE) Survey confirm what many of us as practitioners in the e-learning field have sensed for a very long time – a major change in the way we reach and connect with our students is underway. Although technology has always been a friend of higher education, in the future, it may be its salvation. |
