Creating Entrepreneurial Community Colleges - 9781682535769

Harvard Educational Publishing Group

Creating Entrepreneurial Community CollegesA Design Thinking Approach\nAuthor(s): Carrie B. Kisker\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Harvard Educational Publishing Group, United States\nImprint: Harvard Educational Publishing Group\nISBN-13: 9781682535769, 978-1682535769\nSynopsis\nIn this book, Carrie B. Kisker illustrates how community colleges can utilize design thinking to identify and evaluate entrepreneurial opportunities, and experiment with the internal changes necessary to optimize outcomes for stakeholders. Kisker outlines a process whereby college leaders can empower faculty and staff to think creatively about how to reduce their institution's dependence on state allocations in ways that are not only consistent with the college's mission and values, but also provide the greatest likelihood for institutional and student success.\n\n The book presents evidence drawn from case studies at four community colleges along with in-depth qualitative interviews with leaders, faculty, and.