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The transactional relationship between university professors and community college leaders
Author(s) -
Palmer James C.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.36819969511
Subject(s) - community college , institution , vocational education , transactional leadership , higher education , work (physics) , pedagogy , sociology , public relations , medical education , political science , medicine , social science , mechanical engineering , law , engineering
Professors of community college education work with and study a particular institution, but they are not of the institution per se. They serve community college educators best by avoiding advocacy, understanding the limited vocational utility of university studies, and providing intellectual frameworks that prevent the institution from becoming an end unto itself.