Distance Education in Rural Community Colleges

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent D Cejda
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Rural Community Colleges

Succession Planning in Rural Community Colleges

2021 ◽  
pp. 285-295
Author(s):  
Ashley Aylett ◽  
Kit Kacirek ◽  
Kenda Grover
Keyword(s):  
Community Colleges ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Rural Community Colleges ◽  
Senior Administrators ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Rural Community College ◽  
Community Stakeholders ◽  
Leadership Pipeline ◽  
Aging Infrastructure

Competent leadership is essential for institutions of any size to respond to the challenges facing post-secondary institutions. However, rural community colleges are especially vulnerable to the forces of change due to aging infrastructure, accelerated retirements, and geographic isolation that often limits competent and diverse applicant pools for future leaders. As senior administrators retire at rapid rates, geographic location and scarce resources can hamper leadership continuity. Few studies have explored how the leadership pipeline is established and maintained in rural community colleges and how institutional and community values shape that process. The study highlights the extent to which the co-dependent relationship between community stakeholders and the rural community college shapes its institutional culture and leadership development.

Connecting rural community colleges to their communities

2007 ◽  
Vol 2007 (137) ◽  
pp. 27-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael T. Miller ◽  
Daniel B. Kissinger
Keyword(s):  
Community Colleges ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Rural Community Colleges

scholarly journals Do Rural Community Colleges Supply Unique Educational Benefits?

2009 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 411-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elton Mykerezi ◽  
Genti Kostandini ◽  
Bradford Mills
Keyword(s):  
Community Colleges ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
Rural Community Colleges ◽  
Educational Benefits ◽  
College Degrees ◽  
Admission Requirements ◽  
Low Costs ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Institution Selection

Community colleges likely draw to college individuals who would otherwise not attend due to their low costs and open admission requirements. This is labeled as the democratization effect. They may also divert individuals away from 4-year to terminal 2-year college degrees (the diversion effect). This study estimates democratization and diversion effects separately for nonmetropolitan and metropolitan youth using nationally representative data and models that account for endogenous institution selection. We find the democratization effect to exceed the diversion effect of community colleges for both metro and nonmetro youth. The democratization-diversion ratio is slightly higher for urban youth.

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