| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 305 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-297) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : defending the community college equity agenda / Thomas Bailey and Vanessa Smith Morest -- Double vision : how the attempt to balance multiple missions is shaping the future of community colleges / Vanessa Smith Morest -- Performance accountability as imperfect panacea : the community college experience / Kevin J. Dougherty and Esther Hong -- Increasing competition and growth of the for-profits / Thomas Bailey -- Virtual access / Rebecca D. Cox -- The limits of "training for now" : lessons from information technology certification / Jim Jacobs and W. Norton Grubb -- "Lights just click on every day" / Dolores Perin and Kerry Charron -- "Like, what do I do now?" : the dilemmas of guidance counseling / W. Norton Grubb -- Twice the credit, half the time? : the growth of dual credit at community colleges and high schools / Vanessa Smith Morest and Melinda Mechur Karp -- The community college equity agenda in the twenty-first century : moving from access to achievement / Thomas Bailey and Vanessa Smith Morest. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Community colleges -- United States -- Administration.
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Community colleges. |
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United States. |
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Administration. |
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Community colleges -- Curricula -- United States.
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Community colleges -- Curricula. |
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Educational equalization -- United States.
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Educational equalization. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bailey, Thomas W., 1950-
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Morest, Vanessa Smith, 1969-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Defending the community college equity agenda. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 (DLC) 2006008099 |
| ISBN |
9780801889592 (electronic book) |
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0801889596 (electronic book) |
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0801884470 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780801884474 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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