The Barbados Community College Experience
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The Barbados Community College Experience

Leading the Anglophone Caribbean in a Global Movement

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The Barbados Community College Experience

Leading the Anglophone Caribbean in a Global Movement

About this book

The Barbados Community College Experience establishes the genesis of the college and the ongoing impact of globalization and educational borrowing. It examines the North American community college's influence on the Caribbean pool, the global community college movement and its emerging global counterparts. By deriving five models of development in the region, Vivienne Roberts opens a new window to the community college experience in the anglophone Caribbean by bringing to the fore the reality of more than twenty relevant institutions.

Barbados has been the community college pioneer in the anglophone Caribbean and a fairly early entrant to the worldwide community college movement. Roberts sets the Barbados experience in its local, regional and global contexts by exploring the phases of establishment, consolidation, expansion and reputation building, and uncertainty and reinvention. The colleges' widening scope of operations from transfer to vocational, community engagement, remediation, baccalaureate, and adult and continuing education roles is discussed.

The book also interrogates the extent to which the Barbados Community College has shown leadership within the Caribbean and demonstrated the values of accessibility, affordability, flexibility, community engagement and innovation while impacting student success, stakeholder satisfaction and fulfilment of its mission.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Tables
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Abbreviations
  11. 1. Context, Concepts and Processes
  12. 2. The Global Community College Context
  13. 3. The North American Community College Experience
  14. 4. The Global Movement and Community College Counterparts
  15. 5. The Community College in the English-Speaking Caribbean
  16. 6. The Barbados Community College: The Establishment Year, 1968
  17. 7. The Establishment Years under Clyde Best, 1969–1976
  18. 8. Filling the Gap with Arthur Sealy, 1976–1978
  19. 9. Growth and Consolidation Years under Alvin Barnett, 1978–1988
  20. 10. Expansion, Outreach and Reputation Building with Norma Holder, 1988–2004
  21. 11. A Phase of Uncertainty for Gladstone Best, 2004–2014
  22. 12. The Golden Age of Opportunities for Ian Austin and Others, 2015–2018
  23. Conclusion
  24. Appendices
  25. References
  26. Index