The Urgency of Now

Equity and Excellence

By (author) Marcus M. Kolb, Samuel D. Cargile, Jason Wood, Nassim Ebrahimi, Lynn E. Priddy, Laurie Dodge

Publication date:

10 September 2015

Length of book:

150 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781475814507

With the student body evolving quickly, and the looming challenge of the “completion agenda,” community colleges are facing circumstances like never before in serving all students and propelling them to fulfilling their education aspirations. The Urgency of Now suggests a way forward, with students and their learning at the center of what community colleges, and all of higher education, must do to generate graduates in possession of high quality degrees and credentials. Through considering comprehensive assessment, new roles for accreditation, faculty engagement strategies, and competency-based education, The Urgency of Now describes our current challenges and the ways we might meet those challenges for the 21^st century institution.

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Urgency of Now: Equity and Excellence – Samuel Cargile
Chapter 1: Making the Case – Jason Wood
Chapter 2: The Accountable Institution from Compliance to Learning – Lynn Priddy
Chapter 3: Competency-Based Education – Laurie Dodge
Chapter 4: Integrated Outcomes Assessment – Nassim Ebrahimi
Chapter 5: Engaging Faculty – Marcus Kolb
Epilogue – Marcus Kolb and Samuel Cargile
Index
About the Authors

The Urgency of Now: Equity and Excellence is an outstanding read that is recommended for anyone concerned with the plight of higher education. This book presents reasoned arguments which support the goal of reforming community colleges chiefly as a matter of sound public policy and implicitly to further the Judeo-Christian imperative which calls for social justice.