Increasing Effectiveness of the Community College Financial Model : A Global Perspective for the Global Economy

This book seeks to explore thematic and pragmatic applications of financing the community college to help facilitate educational reform, to assist efforts related to internationalization, and to create systemic support systems to maintain the mission. Thisbook seeks to explore thematic and pragmatic applications of financing the community college to help facilitate educational reform, to assist efforts related to internationalization, and to create systemic support systems to maintain the mission Front Matter....Pages I-XXIV A Changing World and Changing Community College....Pages 1-15 Global and National Context....Pages 17-32 Systemic Change, Approval Processes and Governance: The Role of the Board of Trustees....Pages 33-47 The Role of Leadership: Leaders’ Practice in Financing Transformation....Pages 49-64 Leadership, Multiyear Planning, and Budget Management....Pages 65-79 Linking Strategic Planning, Priorities, Resource Allocation, and Assessment....Pages 81-94 Budget Development Process for Community Colleges....Pages 95-114 Facilities Management Operations....Pages 115-125 Performance Metrics in a Results-Driven Environment: Use of Performance-Based Budgeting to Improve Accountability....Pages 127-141 Reducing Reliance on Public Funding: The Place Where Creativity and Practicality Converge....Pages 143-159 Maintaining an Agreement: The One-Third Funding Philosophy in Illinois and New York....Pages 161-174 Financing Community Polytechnics in Uganda....Pages 175-184 Applying Financial Analysis to Student Retention....Pages 185-192 Financial Innovation: The Iowa Case Study....Pages 193-203 Planning and Implementing a Voter-Approved Capital Bond Issue for the Alamo Community College District....Pages 205-214 Using Student Fees to Support Education Abroad....Pages 215-223 Revenue Generation through Training a Global Energy Workforce....Pages 225-239 Response to a Financial Crisis: Case Study of CCAC 2003–2008....Pages 241-250 The Expensive Dream: Financing Higher Vocational Colleges in China....Pages 251-263 The Unintended Consequences of Funding Policies on Student Achievement at Colleges of Further Education in Wales and England....Pages 265-274 Going Forward....Pages 275-284 Back Matter....Pages 285-296 Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 7 List of Tables and Figures 9 Foreword 10 Preface 12 Acknowledgments 15 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations 16 Series Editors’ Introduction 19 1 A Changing World and Changing Community College 21 2 Global and National Context 36 3 Systemic Change, Approval Processes and Governance: The Role of the Board of Trustees 52 4 The Role of Leadership: Leaders’ Practice in Financing Transformation 67 5 Leadership, Multiyear Planning, and Budget Management 83 6 Linking Strategic Planning, Priorities, Resource Allocation, and Assessment 98 7 Budget Development Process for Community Colleges 112 8 Facilities Management Operations 132 9 Performance Metrics in a Results-Driven Environment: Use of Performance-Based Budgeting to Improve Accountability 158 10 Reducing Reliance on Public Funding: The Place Where Creativity and Practicality Converge 158 CS1 Maintaining an Agreement: The One-Third Funding Philosophy in Illinois and New York 175 CS2 Financing Community Polytechnics in Uganda 189 CS3 Applying Financial Analysis to Student Retention 199 CS4 Financial Innovation: The Iowa Case Study 207 CS5 Planning and Implementing a Voter-Approved Capital Bond Issue for the Alamo Community College District 218 CS6 Using Student Fees to Support Education Abroad 228 CS7 Revenue Generation through Training a Global Energy Workforce 237 CS8 Response to a Financial Crisis: Case Study of CCAC 2003–2008 252 CS9 The Expensive Dream: Financing Higher Vocational Colleges in China 262 CS10 The Unintended Consequences of Funding Policies on Student Achievement at Colleges of Further Education in Wales and England 275 11 Going Forward 285 Notes on Contributors 295 Index 298 "Increasing Effectiveness of the Community College Financial Model: A Global Perspective for the Global Economy depicts the challenges and responses of community college financing in an era where funding has decline and so too has the opportunity to provide quality education for the citizenry nationally and internationally. The theoretically based chapters highlight issues of leadership, governance and financing models for institutional change. The case studies profile success stories from community colleges around the world. The book appeals to all community college stakeholders and those interested in and committed to strengthening and sustaining the financial conditions of the community colleges"--Provided by publisher