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Community College - public institution of higher education. Community colleges are characterized by a two-year curriculum that leads to either the associate degree or transfer to a four-year college. The transfer program parallels the first two years of a four-year college. The degree program generally prepares students for direct entrance into an occupation. Because of their low tuition, local


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    Community Colleges: Policy in the Future Context » Read Now

    by Barbara K. Townsend, Susan B. Twombly. 308 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    With the federal government's emphasis on workforce development, U.S. community colleges have become important entities in the national policy agenda and have taken on renewed importance to states. This book provides a critical analysis of various federal, state, and institutional policies affecting...
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    A Handbook on the Community College in America: Its History, Mission, and Management » Read Now

    by George A. Baker, Judy Dudziak, Peggy Tyler. 686 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    This reference provides a comprehensive treatment of all aspects of the community college in America. The volume contains broad sections on the historical development of community colleges, their mission and functions, curriculum and instruction, managerial concerns, financial issues, human...
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    The Diverted Dream: Community Colleges and the Promise of Educational Opportunity in America, 1900-1985 » Read Now

    by Steven Brint, Jerome Karabel. 326 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    In the twentieth century, Americans have increasingly looked to the schools--and, in particular, to the nation's colleges and universities--as guardians of the cherished national ideal of equality of opportunity. With the best jobs increasingly monopolized by those with higher education, the...
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    The Two-Year College: A Social Synthesis (1965) » Read Now

    by Clyde E. Blocker, Robert H. Plummer, Richard C. Richardson Jr. 300 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    ...relatively new institutions--junior colleges, community colleges, technical institutions...For a long time writers on community colleges have sought refuge in...
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    The Junior College: Progress and Prospect (1960) » Read Now

    by Leland L. Medsker. 372 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    ...accommodation of hordes of students. "Community colleges," as the Regents of the State...university branches or local community colleges are more likely to meet...
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    Policy, Pedagogy, and Social Inequality: Community College Student Realities in Post-Industrial America » Read Now

    by Penelope E. Herideen. 146 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    Drawing extensively from critical educational theory, feminist perspectives and the writings of community college insiders as well as from her three years of classroom research, Professor Herideen develops the concept of Critical Mainstreaming. This model is designed to maximize both critical...
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    Stewards of Opportunity: America's Public Community Colleges, in Daedalus » Read Now

    by Patrick M. Callan. 18 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    ...opportunity: Americas public community colleges. by Patrick M. Callan Americas public community colleges enroll almost half of all undergraduates...admission policies. What...
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    Mission Priorities of Community Colleges in the Southern United States, in Community College Review » Read Now

    by David F. Ayers. 20 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    ...Mission priorities of community colleges in the southern United States...Since their inception, community colleges have existed to identify and...In fact, the most...
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    Institutional Effectiveness in Two-Year Colleges: The Southern Region of the United States, in Community College Review » Read Now

    by Timothy S. Todd, George A. Baker III. 19 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    ...regard to effectiveness in community colleges, Baker (1992) has asserted...Duncan, 1989). In other words, community colleges must be effective in what...
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    Opening the Door to the Baccalaureate Degree, in Community College Review » Read Now

    by Kenneth P. Walker. 11 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    ...by Kenneth P. Walker Community colleges have made their mark by providing...become critical. Once again, community colleges are being asked to step forward...competitive in...
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    Global Perceptions of the Community College, in Community College Review » Read Now

    by Frederick C. Kintzer, Donald W. Bryant. 15 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    ...systems. In some countries, community colleges are viewed as a part of the...addressing the "identity crisis" of community colleges and where they fit into the...Robertson...
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    Occupational Outcomes for Students Earning Two-Year College Degrees: Income, Status, and Equity, in Journal of Higher Education » Read Now

    by Yangjing Lin, W. Paul Vogt. 30 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    ...conclusions about the effects of community colleges could be more nuanced than...conditional effects of attending community colleges so that we could...
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    The Impact of Community Colleges on the School-to-Work Transition: A Multilevel Analysis, in Community College Review » Read Now

    by Catherine Mobley. 30 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    ...The Impact of Community Colleges on the School-to-Work Transition...The localized orientation of community colleges would seem to make them especially...the hallmark of...
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    What We Know about Women in Community Colleges: An Examination of the Literature Using Feminist Phase Theory, in Journal of Higher Education » Read Now

    by Susan B. Twombly. 25 pgs.

    ...What we know about women in community colleges: an examination of the literature...postsecondary institutions, community colleges appear to be hospitable to...women in...

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