Category Archives: Carnegie Perspectives

From Special Occasion to Regular Work

A Carnegie Perspectives repost By Pat Hutchings The author of this month’s Carnegie Perspectives is Pat Hutchings. Pat is Carnegie’s vice president, and among her many responsibilities is her deep involvement in Strengthening Pre-collegiate Education in Community Colleges (SPECC), a … Continue reading

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When Access is Not Enough

A Carnegie Perspectives repost By Vincent Tinto Over the past several years, the Carnegie Foundation has had the privilege of working with community colleges in California. That work has brought home both the great strength of these institutions and the … Continue reading

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Learning about Student Learning from Community Colleges

A Carnegie Perspectives repost By Pat Hutchings and Lee Shulman It’s hard to find a campus in these days of number crunching and accountability that doesn’t have some kind of office of institutional research. These offices vary a lot, with … Continue reading

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Creating Windows on Learning

A Carnegie Perspectives repost By Molly Breen Every year hundreds of thousands of students begin their higher education in community colleges. Of course, these institutions also bring in large numbers of new faculty. For both groups, students and faculty alike, … Continue reading

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Pipeline or Pipedream: Another Way to Think about Basic Skills

A Carnegie Perspectives repost By Rose Asera If I asked you—as an educated adult—what you remember about learning to read or to do basic arithmetic, you might recall some fleeting images: being read to by a parent or studying a … Continue reading

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