Hopkinsville Community College

About: Hopkinsville Community College is a education organization based out in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Curriculum & Competence (human resources). The organization has 9 authors who have published 8 publications receiving 97 citations.

Construct Validity of the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)

Abstract: The use of established scales in research is beneficial for benchmarking, but problematic when local results are invalid, both for local administrators and for the data pool in which the data become part Administrators at one southeastern community college, as part of a statewide system's effort to exceed a given threshold on the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE), focused on the importance of local validation of an instrument assumed to be valid

When the Army Post is the Campus: Understanding the Social and Academic Integration of Soldiers Attending College

Abstract: In this study, the Tinto model of student integration is applied qualitatively to soldiers attending college. The authors found that soldiers commit to the military primarily and to college secondarily; therefore, military policies and relationships related to college offered a better understanding of college commitments than did college policies and relationships. For understanding the college integration of non-traditional students, like soldiers, this study highlights the importance of viewing higher education as part of a larger social system, rather than as a stand-along institution.

Understanding the Importance of Life Mission when Advising Soldiers.

Abstract: Most military students take college courses in order to be promotable, learn a new skill, and/or transition into civilian life This chapter describes the difference between viewing advising through a transient lens (addressing only the immediate needs of enrollment and program completion) and a permanent lens (planning long-term career and personal aspirations)

Reading the Competencies Through a Feminist Lens

Abstract: This chapter uses a feminist lens to analyze the AACC's Competencies for Community College Leaders and concludes that the competencies are largely indifferent to gendered ideologies within leadership.

A longitudinal view of the liberal arts curriculum a decade after merger : a multiple case study of community colleges in Connecticut, Kentucky, and Louisiana.

Abstract: This study is an examination of the state of the liberal arts curriculum in community colleges in three geographic regions of the United States. From a constructivist paradigm and using globalization theory as a theoretical framework, this multiple case study examined faculty work life and administrative processes related to curriculum change in merged community and technical colleges. Through an examination of research on globalization, mergers, and trends in the general education and liberal arts curriculum, a gap in the literature emerged in the studies of community college curriculums after merger. This study considers whether the focus on workforce development and decrease in the transfer mission has diminished the liberal arts courses in the college curriculum. Research on liberal arts courses identified them as courses that emphasize higher order thinking and the development of intellectual skills needed to engage in a democratic society. If students are not exposed to these skills, it may have a d...