Understanding Community Colleges

<p><em>Understanding Community Colleges</em> provides a critical examination of contemporary issues and practices and policy of community colleges. This contributed volume brings together highly respected scholars as well as new scholars for a comprehensive analysis of the community college landscape including management and governance finance student demographics and development teaching and learning policy faculty and workforce development. At the end of each chapter the Questions for Discussion section helps to bridge the gap between research and practice. Written for students enrolled in higher education and community college graduate programs as well as social sciences scholars this provocative new edition covers the latest developments in the field including trends in enrollment developmental education student services funding and shared governance. </p> <p></p> <p>　</p>