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Title:
Working toward an equitable and prosperous future for all : how community colleges and immigrants are changing America / edited by Jill Casner-Lotto with Teresita B. Wisell.
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
xxxiii, 152 pages ; 23 cm
Subject:
Immigrants--Education (Higher)--United States.
Refugees--Education (Higher)--United States.
Minorities--Education (Higher)--United States.
Community colleges--United States.
Educational equalization--United States.
Community colleges.
Educational equalization.
Immigrants--Education (Higher)
Minorities--Education (Higher)
United States.
Other Authors:
Casner-Lotto, Jill, editor.
Wisell, Teresita B., 1961- editor.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Managing the new normal : presidential leadership for effective community college immigrant education programs / Belinda S. Miles -- Toward equity : the immigrant experience at Miami Dade College / Malou C. Harrison -- Taking the support of immigrant students to new heights / Gail O. Mellow -- The CEO's role in building education pathways for all aspiring Americans / Lee D. Lambert -- Providing equitable education as a daily call to action / Jeff Wagnitz and Rolita Flores Ezeonu -- LaGuardia Community College's noncredit pathways for new Americans / John Hunt -- South Texas College : accelerated pathways for immigrants in the Rio Grande Valley / Juan Carlos Aguirre and Matthew Hebbard -- Helping skilled immigrants and refugees transition to jobs : how Pima Community College taps unrealized workforce talent / Adam Hostetter, Norma Sandoval, and Regina Suitt -- The Montgomery College experience with workforce education for adult English-language learners / Donna Kinerney -- Data-driven redesign provides new pathways to college and careers / Cynthia Hatch -- A reflective narrative : we are not all the same : listening to concerns of beginning English-language learners / Heide Spruck Wrigley.
Summary:
"This book shares the perspectives of community college CEOs and examines the role of leadership in adopting institutional-wide strategies and allocating resources that have advanced immigrant and refugee integration on campus and in the community"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1475847254
9781475847253
1475847246
9781475847246
LCCN:
2019016845
Locations:
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

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