College-of, by, and for-The Community : June 2009

EDITORIAL
Ushering Change In The Community

COVER STORY
ignou associate degree programme: for an educated and skilled
workforce

IN CONVERSATION
Dr L atha Pi llai, P ro-Vi ce Ch ancellor, IGNOU

PERSPECTIVE
empowering women through open and distance education
Dr. P Thiyagarajan, TNOU

RESEARCH
Community C ollege Abundance M odel:
Improving O rganisational Performance i n Higher Education Christopher Shults, Assistant Provost, Mississippi Valley State
University

STATE SCAN
Interview: A shi sh Upadhyaya, C ommissioner, Higher E ducation, G ovt of Madhya Pradesh

CORPORATE DIARY
Interview: Vi kas Singh, Di rector, crux
management services

CASE STUDY
Inter-mission Industrial Development A ssociation:
Holistic E ducation for The Underprivileged

Mi traniketan: P artners in Development E ducation
Dr. Reghu Rama Das, Principal, Mitraniketan People’s College

COUNTRY PERSPECTIVE
American C ommunity Colleges in the D ownturn:
Can E ducation Save the Economy? Michelle Van Noy, Matthew Zeidenberg
Community College Research Center Teachers College, Columbia University
New York, New York, USA

DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
Interview: John Halder, president, CCID

REGULAR FEATURES

India

Asia

Corporate

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