Strengthening Community College Linkages Recommendations on Strengthening Relationships between the State Board of Education, the Department of Education, and the Area Colleges, 1990

(1990) Strengthening Community College Linkages Recommendations on Strengthening Relationships between the State Board of Education, the Department of Education, and the Area Colleges, 1990. Education, Department of

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Abstract

The report is a result of communication with many individuals, agencies, and organizations and of recent state and national studies focusing on the community colleges. The staff of the Division of Community Colleges of the Department of Education is to be commended for expertise in the development of this report. The issues presented are well-documented and well-supported as the critical issues facing community colleges in the coming decade. While all sectors interested in community colleges may not agree on the answers to the issues, there is strong support across Iowa that these are the critical issues we must address. This report includes the State Board of Education's recommendations for addressing them. There are two major principles on which these recommendations are based.