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National Community College Symposium, New Paper Commissioned for June 2008 Symposium sponsored by United States Department of Education
In March the Secretary’s Summit on Higher Education followed up findings and recommendations from last year’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education and offered an action plan for a twenty-first century higher education system. Following the Commission’s work, and in accord with the community college career and technical education mission authorized by the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-270), the U. S. Department of Education will support a National Community College Research Symposium in June 2008. The symposium will be sponsored by the Department's Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) and will contribute to the research base for OVAE’s community college initiatives.
Among ten selected papers, Dr. Debra Bragg, director of OCCRL, was selected to write a paper titled "Policy Issues and Implications of Transition To, Through, and From the Community College." The paper examines literature associated with youth and adult transition to, through, and from the community college and considers policy issues associated with various innovations and initiatives that have been proposed over the past decade (or more). Dr. Bragg's paper will draw on results from eight empirical studies on youth and/or adult transition that she has directed or to which she has been a major contributor.
Other authors selected for the National Community College Symposium are:
Dr. Deborah L. Floyd (Florida Atlantic University), Dr. Kenneth P. Walker (Edison College), Emerging Trends and Policy Implications of the Community College Baccalaureate (CCB)
Dr. Dorothy F. Garrison-Wade (University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center), Dr. Jean P. Lehmann (Colorado State University), A Framework for Supporting Students’ with Disabilities Transition to Community College
Dr. Warner N. Grubb (University of California, Berkeley), The Complexities Of Vocational Pedagogy: Issues In Community Colleges
Dr. Linda S. Hagedorn (University of Florida), Dr. Alberto F. Cabrera (University of Maryland), Dr. George M. Prather (Los Angeles Community College District), Community College Course-Taking Patterns: Identifying the Key Markers of Success
Dr. Ken M. Kempner (Southern Oregon University and the College and Career Transitions Initiative), Dr. Laurance J. Warford (The League for Innovation in the Community College and the College and Career Transitions Initiative), The Promise of the College and Career Transitions Initiative
Dr. Frankie Santos Laanan (Iowa State University), Community College Accountability and Student Outcomes in Iowa
Dr. Terri M. Manning (Central Piedmont Community College), Bobbie J. Everett (Central Piedmont Community College), The Status of Minority Males in Higher Education: Losing Momentum
Dr. Kimberly R. Rogers (University at Buffalo-SUNY), Running on Empty: Financial Aid Awareness among Low-Income Adult Learners
Dr. James E. Rosenbaum (Northwestern University), Dr. Pam Schuetz (University of California, Los Angeles), Problematic College Plans: Incidence, Disparities, and Advising Programs to Reduce Them
For more information, please go to the website for the National Community College Symposium.
OCCRL/UIUC
51 Gerty Drive, CRC #129
Champaign, IL 61820 |
Phone: (217) 244-9390
Email: occrl@uiuc.edu
Website: http://occrl.ed.uiuc.edu/
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