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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458546203321

Autore

Brint Steven G.

Titolo

The diverted dream : community colleges and the promise of educational opportunity in America, 1900-1985 / / Steven Brint, Jerome Karabel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1989

©1989

ISBN

0-19-756004-0

1-280-43987-4

0-19-972926-3

1-60129-647-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 312 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

378.73

Soggetti

Education, Higher - United States - History - 20th century

Community colleges - United States - History - 20th century

Education, Humanistic - United States - History - 20th century

Vocational education - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1989.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

In the past two decades, US community colleges have undergone a profound change, shifting emphasis from liberal-arts transfer courses to terminal vocational programs. Drawing on developments nationwide as well as in the specific case of Massachusetts, Steven Brint and Jerome Karabel offer a history of community colleges in America, explaining why this shift has occurred after years of student resistance.