Gateway to opportunity? : a history of the community college in the United States /
Beach, J. M.
Gateway to opportunity? : a history of the community college in the United States / J.M. Beach ; foreword by W. Norton Grubb. - 1st ed. - Sterling, Va. : Stylus Pub., 2010. - xxxvi, 192 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781579224516 (cloth : alk. paper) 1579224512 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781579224523 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1579224520 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2010017525
Geschichte 1900-2010.
Community colleges--History.--United States
Community college students--History.--United States
College students--Conduct of life--History.
Junior college.
College students--Conduct of life.
Community college students.
Community colleges.
USA.
United States.
History.
LB2328.15.U6 / B43 2010
378.1/5430973
Gateway to opportunity? : a history of the community college in the United States / J.M. Beach ; foreword by W. Norton Grubb. - 1st ed. - Sterling, Va. : Stylus Pub., 2010. - xxxvi, 192 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781579224516 (cloth : alk. paper) 1579224512 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781579224523 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1579224520 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2010017525
Geschichte 1900-2010.
Community colleges--History.--United States
Community college students--History.--United States
College students--Conduct of life--History.
Junior college.
College students--Conduct of life.
Community college students.
Community colleges.
USA.
United States.
History.
LB2328.15.U6 / B43 2010
378.1/5430973