Premium
Transmuting resistance to change
Author(s) -
Schuetz Pam,
Barr Jim
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.350
Subject(s) - resistance (ecology) , psychology , pedagogy , sociology , ecology , biology
Correlating characteristics of underprepared students with undesirable outcomes is a popular but ineffective attempt to meet challenges posed by increasing student diversity and pressures for institutional accountability. This volume highlights how campus environments—the rules, practices, facilities, and climates of community colleges—might be sculpted to better foster student success.