Defending the Community College Equity Agenda

Name: Defending the Community College Equity Agenda
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ISBN: 9780801884474

ISBN-10: 0801884470

ISBN-13: 9780801884474

Edition: 2007

Authors: Thomas Bailey, Vanessa Smith Morest

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Community colleges enroll almost half of all undergraduates in the United States. These two-year colleges manifest the American commitment to accessible and affordable higher education. With about 1,200 institutions nationwide, community colleges have made significant progress over the past decade in opening access and have become the critical entry point to higher education for many Americans who traditionally have been left out of educational and economic opportunity. Yet economic, political, and social developments have increased the challenges community colleges face in pursuing an "equity agenda." Some of these include falling state budgets combined with growing enrollments, a greater…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/28/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 328
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.03" tall
Weight: 1.298




Introduction : defending the community college equity agenda




Double vision : how the attempt to balance multiple missions is shaping the future of community colleges




Performance accountability as imperfect panacea : the community college experience




Increasing competition and growth of the for-profits




Virtual access




The limits of "training for now" : lessons from information technology certification




"Lights just click on every day"




"Like, what do I do now?" : the dilemmas of guidance counseling




Twice the credit, half the time? : the growth of dual credit at community colleges and high schools




The community college equity agenda in the twenty-first century : moving from access to achievement