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Education Higher

Challenge and Opportunity

Canada's Community Colleges at the Crossroads

edited by John D. Dennison

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1995
Category
Higher
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774805162
    Publish Date
    Jan 1995
    List Price
    $34.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774844512
    Publish Date
    Nov 2011
    List Price
    $99.00

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Description

This book provides a critical analysis of the most significant developments in the college systems in every province and territory since 1895. With contributions by leading scholars, it addresses such topics as leadership, entrepreneurship, new forms of organization, accountability, instructional methodology, the emergence of a college culture, and education of First Nations students. Key questions are explored. How are differences in collective and individual interests to be managed? How can social, economic, and demographic realities be taken into account in managing the “intangible capital” of education? What are the best ways of ensuring opportunities for education, training, flexibility, and varied access and mobility within higher education systems?

About the author

Contributor Notes

John D. Dennison is a professor of Higher Education at the University of British Columbia and co-author of Canada's Community Colleges: A Critical Analysis (1986).