A Learning College for the 21st Century

By Terry O'Banion

Book Overview

Many earlier attempts at education reform have failed, causing some critics to call for a much more expansive wave of reform in which learning becomes a central focus. O'Banion presents an argument for the community college, with its strong penchant for innovation and risk-taking, as the ideal forum for creating this new learning paradigm. He proposes a provocative new concept called 'the learning college, ' which is designed to help students make passionate connections to learning. The book describes in detail the six key principles that form the definition and character of a learning college. Emerging models of this concept are already in place at a handful of community colleges, and six of these pioneering institutions share their initial journeys in this book. O'Banion provides a practical guide for community college leaders who are preparing their institutions to enter the 21st century.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573561134
• ISBN13: 9781573561136
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Explains the culture perfectly

Mr. O'Banion's book does an honest and thorough job of explaining (exposing) an organizational culture that exists to serve its own needs first, and those of student learning and student achievment last. Every prospective community college and university student should read this book, and should then take very seriously the graduation/completion rate statistics being provided by the federally-mandated public disclosure law called the Student-Right-to-Know Act.