Enhancing Performance: A Best Practices Guide for Innovations in Community Colleges - Paperback

by Sandra J. Balkema (Editor), Roberta C. Ph. D. Teahen (Editor)

This collection of essays from community college leaders across the country addresses the challenges facing today's community colleges and provides practical, successful solutions their institutions have implemented. Topics include creating agile institutions, engaging students and faculty in learning, and responding to changing needs.

Author Biography

Sandra J. Balkema, PhD, is the dissertation director for the Doctorate in Community College Leadership (DCCL) program at Ferris State University. In this role, she supports the graduate students throughout their dissertation journeys, from identifying research topics and approaches and selecting a dissertation chair and mentor, to defense and subsequent publishing of the final dissertation. Roberta C. Teahen, PhD, is the director for the Doctorate in Community College Leadership (DCCL) program at Ferris State University and serves as a faculty member and dissertation advisor. Teahen has served in multiple faculty and leadership roles at a community college and at Ferris State University, where she was most recently associate provost. She is a long-time champion of community colleges and takes special pride in mentoring others and encouraging innovation and excellence in higher education.