Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1979

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

The small island of Barbados, easternmost of the Antilles in the Caribbean, re-evaluated its post-secondary education during the 1960s and determined that the community college could best serve the country's social, economic, and educational needs. For the first time the elitist tradition of post-secondary education on the island was challenged; working adults and all students over nineteen years of age, even with minimal educational preparation, could now engage in programs of higher education. Shortly after breaking its ties with England, Barbados established its community college. The intent of this investigation is to record the development of the college from its inception in 1969 to the present. The prime postulate states that an examination of a selected set of factors will result in tracing the development of Barbados Community College and identifying such formative factors as the need for technical education in Barbados and its relation to the existent educational system. The analysis utilizes interviews, statistics, and documents gathered from three data-gathering visits to Barbados (1971, 1977, 1978). At present Barbados has a second chance in its history to become the jewel of the Caribbean--not as an English colony, but as the model for tertiary educational leadership. Because of the success of the college, prospects for the future of the community college in Barbados and throughout the West Indies are bright.

Extent

368 p.

Comments

Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.|Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.

Identifier

FADT11740

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