Journal Articles
Community college: A new born baby of the Hong Kong education system for the new millennium
- Community college: A new born baby of the Hong Kong education system for the new millennium
- Hong Kong Teachers' Centre Journal, 1, 32-44, 2002
- Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Teachers' Centre
- 2002
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- Hong Kong
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- 1997.7 onwards
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- Post-Secondary Education
- In the new millennium, there is an increasing global recognition of the importance of widening the access to higher education for accommodating students from all strata of the society for an equal educational opportunity as well as fostering the idea of life long learning and learning society (OECD, 1999a, 1999b, 2001; UNESCO, 1998). Responding to this global education reform, the SAR Education Commission proposed to encourage the establishment of various types of post-secondary colleges, while accommodating the existing institution (Education Commission, 1999, p. 22). The immediate result of the proposal was the establishment of several community colleges in early 2000, offering mainly Associate Degree programs. From the public, there are voices raising queries over the role of community college in the higher education system as well as whether community college can serve the similar function of traditional university in the provision of undergraduate education. The present paper attempts to introduce the different roles and models of community college in mass higher education systems in North America to highlight the merits and the functions of community college in mass higher education. The ultimate aim is to make some reflections on the development of community college in Hong Kong.[Copyright of Hong Kong Teachers' Centre Journal is the property of Hong Kong Teachers' Centre at http://www.edb.org.hk/hktc]
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- English
- Journal Articles
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- 16828984
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/b4327b73
- 2010-12-01
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