Working toward an Equitable and Prosperous Future for All (eBook, ePUB)

How Community Colleges and Immigrants Are Changing America
Redaktion: Casner-Lotto, Jill

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Community colleges serve as a critical gateway to English-language instruction, higher education, workforce training, and civic engagement for many immigrants and refugees looking to gain an economic foothold in the labor market and integrate into the social fabric of their communities. Coming from various walks of life with different goals and aspirations, immigrants and refugees have turned to community colleges to help them further their education, prepare for citizenship, or launch new careers. At a time when our nation is facing bitter political divides over its immigration policies and gridlock at the federal level, this book tells a different story: It showcases the exemplary initiatives of community colleges and their partners working together at local and state levels to integrate immigrants and refugees into the economic, social, and cultural fabric of our communities and our country, and it illustrates the various ways immigrant and refugee students enrich campus life, strengthen communities, and benefit our economy. This book shares the perspectives of community college CEOs and examines the role of leadership in adopting institution-wide strategies and allocating resources that have advanced immigrant and refugee integration on campus and in the community. We also learn how front-line practitioners make those strategies work through educational and career pathways that have enabled immigrants and refugees to pursue their academic and career goals and contribute to the economic prosperity and cultural vibrancy of their communities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781475847260
• Artikelnr.: 57396131

Autorenporträt

Jill Casner-Lotto serves as director of the Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education (CCCIE), where she oversees research, communications, and policy development. She is the author of several CCCIE reports and articles providing best practices and resources to guide colleges in implementing immigrant/refugee education and workforce programs focused on ESL integrated career pathways, holistic student support services, and community-based, cross-sector partnerships. Teresita B. Wisell is executive director of CCCIE and serves as vice president of workforce development and community education at Westchester Community College, part of the State University of New York. In 2014, the White House recognized Ms. Wisell as a Champion of Change for her contributions to workplace citizenship programs.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Walter Bumphus, President and CEO, American Association of Community
Colleges
Preface
Teresita B. Wisell, Vice President, Workforce Development and Community
Education, and Executive Director, Community College Consortium for
Immigrant Education, Westchester Community College
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Jill Casner-Lotto, Director, Community College Consortium for Immigrant
Education, Westchester Community College
Part I: Executive-Level Commitment: Developing an Immigrant Education
Strategy and Making It Work
A Reflective Narrative: No Risk, No Reward-Unlocking Opportunity in a
Changing America
Suzette Brooks Masters, Consultant on Immigration and Immigrant Integration
Issues
Chapter 1: Managing the New Normal: Presidential Leadership for Effective
Community College Immigrant Education Programs
Belinda S. Miles, President, Westchester Community College
Chapter 2: Toward Equity: The Immigrant Experience at Miami Dade College
Malou C. Harrison, President, InterAmerican and North Campuses, Miami Dade
College
Chapter 3: Taking the Support of Immigrant Students to New Heights
Gail O. Mellow, President, LaGuardia Community College
Chapter 4: The CEO's Role in Building Education Pathways for All Aspiring
Americans
Lee D. Lambert, Chancellor, Pima Community College
Chapter 5: Providing Equitable Education as a Daily Call to Action
Jeff Wagnitz, Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Rolita Flores
Ezeonu, Former Dean of Instruction for Transfer and Pre-College Education,
Highline College
Part II: Front-Line Teams Dedicated to Success of New Americans: Designing
Pathways to College and Careers
Chapter 6: LaGuardia Community College's Noncredit Pathways for New
Americans John Hunt, Executive Director, Executive Director for Adult
Community Learning, LaGuardia Community College
Chapter 7: South Texas College: Accelerated Pathways for Immigrants in the
Rio Grande Valley
Juan Carlos Aguirre, Dean of Continuing Professional and Workforce
Education, and Matthew Hebbard, Vice President for Student Affairs and
Enrollment Management
Chapter 8: Helping Skilled Immigrants and Refugees Transition to Jobs: How
Pima Community College Taps Unrealized Workforce Talent
Adam Hostetter, Director, El Pueblo Liberty Learning Center,Montserrat
Caballero, Volunteer and Student Engagement Advanced Coordinator, Norma
Sandoval, English Language Instructor and Immigrant Navigator, and Regina
Suitt, Vice President of Adult Basic Education and Developmental Education
Chapter 9: The Montgomery College Experience with Workforce Education for
Adult English-Language Learners
Donna Kinerney, Dean of Instruction, Montgomery College
Chapter 10: Data-Driven Redesign Provides New Pathways to College and
Careers
Cynthia Hatch, ESOL & TESOL Program Developer and Instructional Designer,
Northern Virginia Community College
A Reflective Narrative: We Are Not All the Same: Listening to Concerns of
Beginning English-Language Learners
Heide Spruck Wrigley, Author and Consultant, Literacywork International
Conclusion
Jill Casner-Lotto, Director, Community College Consortium for Immigrant
Education, Westchester Community College
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Index