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The essays in this collection were written by John Lombardi during the 1970s while he was a resident scholar at the ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges. Following a foreword on Lombardi's life and work by a son and two daughters, John V., Mary Luciana, and Janice P. Lombardi, is an introduction by Arthur M. Cohen giving highlights of Lombardi's approach to his work and summarizing the introductory comments state that the 10 essays presented in this book, all of which were chosen for their relevance to issues facing contemporary community college leaders and students aspiring to leadership positions. The first essay, "Riding the Wave of New Enrollments" discusses the periodic increases and declines in two-year college enrollment and the ways that college leaders attempt to sustain the enrollments on which their funding is based. "Critical Decade for Community College Financing" provides an analysis of the perennial issues in sustaining college finances and offers a review of the feasibility of stratagems for maintaining a constant flow of dollars into the institution. Three essays respectively entitled "Faculty Workload, ""The Ambiguity of the Part-Time Faculty," and "Role of the

Author

John Lombardi

Publisher

Publications Department PCC, American Council on Education, One Dupont Circle, Washington, DC 20036 ($24.95)

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780871172402

Subjects

Education