The American Community College Story,Take Two: An Unfinished Essay |
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| Authors: | Arthur D. Stumpf |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Leadership and Foundations, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State , Mississippi , USA ads124@colled.msstate.edu |
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| Abstract: | The author observes that community college administrators perform their duties on ambiguous and uncertain intellectual and environmental landscapes, so they continually search for meaning and purpose in organizational life. This article proposes a straightforward approach to answering several questions related to the quest for meaning and purpose, and relates the discussion to the origination of the junior college movement at the turn of the 20th century. The article concludes with implications for practice by analyzing how community college administrators pursue meaning and purpose by reflecting creatively on theory and practice of the past, present, and future. |
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