| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxxvi, 192 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The institutionalization of community colleges : The state of the union ; The institutional effectiveness movement and higher education ; What is an institution? ; The community college: a contradictory institution -- 1. The creation and institutionalization of junior colleges in the United States, 1900-1980s : An aristocracy of talent: the origins of higher education in the United States ; Educational innovation: the creation of junior colleges, 1900-1940s ; A reformation: the reinstitutionalization of community colleges due to increasing student access, 1950s-1960s ; Community colleges, segregation, and equality, 1960s-1980s ; Whither to? Reaching a plateau of orthodoxy, 1970s-1980s -- 2. Institutional ambiguity: continued struggles of the contradictory college : A critique of orthodoxy: the new left evaluates community colleges, 1970s-1980s ; Revised but confused orthodoxy: the contradictory community college's new missions, 1990s-2000s ; Are there economic returns to community college credentials? An economic assessment, 1990-2010 -- 3. Overburdened and underfunded: the California community college : Origins of the California junior college ; Massification of higher education and postwar planning ; Segregated education in California and the junior college ; The California postsecondary education commission ; The master plan revised: declining budgets and a new system of accountability ; Conclusion: accounting and accountability -- 4. The ambiguous legacy of the community college: policy, administrative, and educational implications : The reduction of education to human capital ; The legacy of the community college: a limited opportunity ; Institution reform? Three principles for policy makers. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Community colleges -- United States -- History.
|
|
Community colleges. |
|
United States. |
|
History. |
|
Community college students -- United States -- History.
|
|
Community college students. |
|
College students -- Conduct of life -- History.
|
|
College students -- Conduct of life. |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1900-2010. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
|
History.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Beach, J.M. (Josh M.). Gateway to opportunity? 1st ed. Sterling, Va. : Stylus Pub., 2010 9781579224516 (DLC) 2010017525 (OCoLC)609538413 |
| ISBN |
9781579225315 (electronic book) |
|
1579225314 (electronic book) |
|
9781579224516 |
|
1579224512 |
|
9781579224523 |
|
1579224520 |
|
