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Summary
Summary
Leading authorities on community colleges examine the sources of ethical tensions and conflicts in this complex decision-making environment and offer valuable recommendations for resolving these dilemmas. This book illustrates decision-making processes based on ethical considerations in a wide range of areas--from curriculum and student services to monitoring governing boards and selecting a college president.
Author Notes
GEORGE B. VAUGHAN is a professor of higher education at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Prior to becoming a professor, he served as a community college president for seventeen years.
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Vaughan (professor of higher educational leadership, Florida State University) and eight other academics, community college presidents, and trustees, consider ways to create an environment for ethical behavior in community colleges. They provide a volume on applied ethics which focuses on such issues as personnel procedures, curriculum decisions, maintaining academic standards, relationships with business and community groups, data collecting, reporting, and marketing. While the book tries to address interests of all community college leaders, including faculty, the basic assumption is that presidents, supported by trustees, bear the major responsibility for setting the tone necessary for ethical decision making. Many parts of the discussion seem obvious and simplistic. However, several authors include cases and specific examples of dilemmas that can serve as good resources for campus-wide discussions. The authors view such discussions as necessary for involving everyone in creating ethical guides for action. Appropriate for administrators, faculty, and graduate students. R. W. Rohfeld; Syracuse University
