The Credit/Non-credit Divide: Breaking Down the Wall

Fouts, Susan; Mallory, Judy L

doi:10.1080/07377363.2010.491775

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“…New programs designed to provide non-credit experiences to students are increasingly coming from universities (Fouts & Mallory, 2010). Labor market alignment mechanisms (Cleary, Kerrigan, & Noy, 2017) require two and four-year institutions to balance competing interests of faculty, students, industry, policymakers, and others to create strategies and programs that provide students specific skills needed to meet workforce demands.…”

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No Longer Junior Colleges: Integrating Institutional Diversity in Graduate Higher Education Programs

Lebron

Lester

2017

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Aim/Purpose: This article argues that given the isomorphic pressures on both community colleges and four-year institutions, historic divisions between community college leadership programs and general higher education programs are no longer serving the needs of new scholars and practitioners in the field. Graduate programs of higher education should integrate an understanding of community colleges and institutional diversity in meaningful ways throughout a graduate curriculum now focused on four-year institutions. Background: Community colleges and four-year institutions are engaging in isomorphic change which is weakening traditional boundaries between these sectors to create a more integrated system of higher education. Methodology: Using a framework of institutional isomorphism, this article reviews recent literature on changes within community colleges and four-year institutions and provides recommendations for infusing this isomorphism into graduate higher education programs. Contribution: By infusing an understanding of institutional diversity into all graduate course-work, educators can prepare future scholars and practitioners for a changing higher education landscape and expand beyond reductive representations of the higher education field.

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Section: Mimetic Isomorphismmentioning

confidence: 99%

No Longer Junior Colleges: Integrating Institutional Diversity in Graduate Higher Education Programs

Lebron

Lester

2017

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The Crisis in Credit and the Rise of Non-Credit

Arena¹

2012

Innov High Educ

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Sense of Belonging in Higher Education

Connelly

Pagano

Rogers

et al. 2022

Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership

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This chapter discusses the importance of a ‘sense of belonging' to student success among students participating in three different programs: first-year composition at a private 4-year university, supplemental instruction at a private 4-year university, and non-credit coursework at a community college. These program examples connect the program purpose and operation to a sense of belonging. Suggestions are also included to improve a sense of belonging within the programs. Finally, special factors within each program are addressed through the lens of a sense of belonging.

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The Credit/Non-credit Divide: Breaking Down the Wall

Cited by 3 publications

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No Longer Junior Colleges: Integrating Institutional Diversity in Graduate Higher Education Programs

No Longer Junior Colleges: Integrating Institutional Diversity in Graduate Higher Education Programs

The Crisis in Credit and the Rise of Non-Credit

Sense of Belonging in Higher Education

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