Description
Book SynopsisThey then propose a set of strategies to strengthen the role of community colleges in providing both access and opportunities for achievement for all students.
Trade ReviewCommunity college leaders, researchers, and policy makers will all find this book useful and thought provoking. -- Pamela L. Eddy Review of Higher Education 2007 The book provides a nuanced, qualitative look at several critical and controversial community college activities. -- Barbara K. Townsend Journal of College Student Development 2008 Defending the Community College Equity Agenda stands out from most academic essay collections... It is a richly documented, artfully presented, and highly readable work. -- Mary Taylor Huber RedOrbit News 2008 A richly documented, artfully presented, and highly readable work. -- Mary Taylor Huber Change 2008
Table of ContentsList of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction: Defending the Community College Equity Agenda
Chapter 2. Double Vision: How the Attempt to Balance Multiple Missions Is Shaping the Future of Community Colleges
Chapter 3. Performance Accountability as Imperfect Panacea: The Community College Experiemce
Chapter 4. Increasing Competition and Growth of the For-Profits
Chapter 5. Virtial Access
Chapter 6. The Limits of "Training for Now": Lessons from Information Technology Certification
Chapter 7. "Lights Just Click on Every Day"
Chapter 8. "Like, What Do I Do Now?": The Dilemmas of Guidance Counseling
Chapter 9. Twice the Credit, Half the Time?: The Growth of Dual Credit at Community Colleges and High Schools
Chapter 10. The Community College Equity Agenda in the Twenty-First Century: Moving from Access to Achievement
