Graduate and Continuing Education for Community College Leaders: What It Means Today. New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 95

Focusing on the field of community college education as an academic specialty in graduate and continuing education programs, the 10 essays in this volume explore the role of these programs in training community college leaders. The following articles are provided: (1) "Legacy of the Post-WWII Growth Years for Community College Leadership Programs," by Raymond J. Young; (2) "Preparing Leaders for Diverse Institutional Settings," by Stephen G. Katsinas; (3) "Educating Future Community College Leaders as Skilled Writers: Focusing the Debate," by George B. Vaughan and Barbara Scott; (4) "The Door That Never Closes: Continuing Education Needs of Community College Leaders," by Joseph N. Hankin; (5) "The Role of Professional Associations in Developing Academic and Administrative Leaders," by Berta Vigil Laden; (6) "The Role of the Professoriate in Influencing Future Community College Leadership," by Barbara K. Townsend; (7) "Diversity, Discourse, and Democracy: Needed Attributes in the Next Generation of Community College Leadership Programs," by Barbara G. Gibson-Benninger, James L. Ratcliff, and Robert A. Rhoads; (8) "Professors as Leaders within the Community College Movement," by George A. Baker, III; (9) "The Transactional Relationship between University Professors and Community College Leaders," by James C. Palmer; and (10) "Sources and Information: Graduate and Continuing Education for Community College Leaders," by James C. Palmer and Stephen G. Katsinas. Individual articles contain references. (AJL)