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Apr 19, 2024
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EDHE 7390 - The American Community College
An overview of the philosophy, history, and development of the community college in America. Reviews the social, economic, and political forces affecting these institutions. It also explores the rationale and techniques for keeping instructional and organizational functions responsive to the changing educational and workforce needs of the community. Will explore the development of the most exciting and uniquely American innovation in higher education since World War II, the community college. How and why did they come into being, how do they really work, and how can we make them more effective?
Requisites:
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture, 1.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- To become familiar with the changing needs of students that require extending universal educational opportunity beyond high school.
- To become familiar with the nature of the students in two-year postsecondary institutions and services needed by them and to review model programs and modes of instructional delivery to diverse students.
- To identify critical issues facing these institutions, research and propose solutions to address them.
- To learn the goals, functions, and resources of community colleges and other two-year postsecondary institutions and their places in American higher education.
- To understand and appreciate the historical and philosophical roots of the community college.
- To understand the basic political, social, and economic concepts underlying the higher education enterprise in this country with special emphasis on the comprehensive community college and other two-year postsecondary institutions and programs.
- To understand the changing roles assigned to or assumed by these institutions in serving individuals and in meeting local, state, and national needs.
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