Publisher's Synopsis
Reinvention is often the key to a successful transformation. Now discover how powerful partnerships between government agencies, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and community colleges are reinventing the open-door model of student access, student success, campus inclusiveness, and community engagement. Get an up-close look at the best practices empowering people to achieve their full potential-academically and professionally-with special attention paid to those who face barriers to success due to low income, limited job and literacy skills, and other challenges. Take an in-depth look at the open-door model, and learn how community colleges are responding to the new realities of their markets by building capacity, moving campuses toward a covenant of diversity, reclaiming the community college identity as "democracy's college," and reinventing workforce development and continuing education programs.
