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Community Colleges

Community Colleges. Brianna Serrano The Pennsylvania state university Hi ed 506: campus environments Thursday, November 8, 2012. Outline. History of Community Colleges Mission Faculty Profiles and Relationships Practitioner work Job of Community College Counselor

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Community Colleges

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  1. Community Colleges Brianna Serrano The Pennsylvania state university Hi ed 506: campus environments Thursday, November 8, 2012

  2. Outline History of Community Colleges Mission Faculty Profiles and Relationships Practitioner work Job of Community College Counselor Challenges-Tinto, Attrition Student Types Questions?

  3. History of Community Colleges Joliet Junior College, 1901, Joliet, IL

  4. History of Community Colleges

  5. Mission Provide Community Service Associate Degrees Vocational Training Lifelong Learning Facilities Use Continuous Improvement-Assessment Comprehensive Student Services

  6. Faculty at a Glance

  7. Community College Students “…the choice is not between attending a two-year and a four-year college, it is between attending a two-year college or not attending college at all” (Hirt, 2006, p. 144)

  8. Community Colleges Students

  9. Practitioners Work

  10. Job Description After reviewing the job description, how would you answer the following: What are your thoughts on the responsibilities of practitioners at a community college? What skills do you feel are most valuable to have as a practitioner at a community college?

  11. Environmental Effects • Person-Environment Fit • Limited Research • Campus Ecology • Interdependence of people, setting, activities • Physical-Sense of Belonging • Organizational- “Social know-how” to navigate bureaucracy • Constructed-Resources • Student Departure • External forces • Reflect diversity of students • Relationships with faculty/staff

  12. Challenges Community Colleges Face

  13. Student Types Activity Split into 3 groups…NOW! Watch your group’s video and take notes on the type of student. Consider how you can best serve this type of student given the challenges of community colleges. Keep in mind these are only a select few of types of students that attend community college…

  14. Vocational Student http://whodouwant2b.com/student/pathways

  15. Transfer Student http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty6lxEZRTQM&feature=related

  16. Adult Learner Student http://whodouwant2b.com/student/pathways

  17. Discussion Questions How can you support your type of student at a community college? What specific challenges may your student be facing? Considering the variation of students at a community college, how would you manage interacting with multiple types of students such as those in the video?

  18. Questions?

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