The contradictory college : the conflicting origins, impacts, and futures of the community college / / Kevin J. Dougherty

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814753503321
• Autore: Dougherty Kevin James
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1994
• ISBN: 1-4384-0144-2; 0-585-06261-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 365 pages)
• Collana: SUNY series, frontiers in education
• Disciplina: 378/.052/0973
• Soggetti: Community colleges - United States; Education, Higher - Aims and objectives - United States; Higher education and state - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-358) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- SECTION I: INTRODUCTION -- 1. The Community College's Importance and Controversiality -- The Debate Over the Community College -- The Aims of This Book -- The Content of the Chapters -- 2. The Debate Deepened -- The Debate Over the Effects of the Community College -- The Debate Over Why Community Colleges Were Established -- The Debate Over Why Community Colleges Were Vocationalized -- Summary and Conclusions -- SECTION II: OUTCOMES -- 3. The Community College's Impact on Students, the Economy, and the Universities -- The Impact on Business and the Economy -- The Impact on the Elite State Universities -- The Effect on Students -- Access to Higher Education -- Educational Attainment -- Economic Attainment -- Summary and Conclusions -- 4. How Does the Community College Hinder Baccalaureate Attainment? -- Attrition in the Freshman and Sophomore Years -- Failure to Transfer to Four-Year Colleges -- Attrition after Transfer -- Summary and Conclusions -- SECTION III: THE ORIGINS AND EXPANSION OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE -- 5. The Founding of Community Colleges: Introduction -- The Stages of Community College Growth -- Studying the Founding of Community Colleges -- Explaining Community College Expansion -- 6. Local-Level Institution Building: The Centrality of Local Educators -- Private Interest ; Group Pressure was not the Main Cause -- The Key Role of Local School Officials and Other Educators -- 7. State-Level Advocates: The Interests of Governors and State University Officials -- How Involved Were Nongovernmental Actors? -- Government Agencies and Officials Weigh In -- 8. National-Level Reinforcement of Local and State Initiatives -- The Limited Impact of Private Interest Group Pressure -- Governmental Initiative -- 9. The Politics of Community College Founding: Summary and Conclusions.; Convergences and Divergences with the Institutional Perspective -- From Diverse Origins to Contradictory Effects -- Explaining the Homogeneity of Community College Expansion -- SECTION IV: THE ORIGINS OF OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION -- 10. The Vocationalization of the Community College: Introduction -- The Timing of Occupational-Education Development -- Studying the Process of Vocationalization -- Explaining the Expansion of Occupational Education -- 11. Local-Level Vocationalization: Community College Heads as Vocational Entrepreneurs -- Business and Student Demand are an Insufficient Explanation -- Community College Officials Take the Lead -- 12. State Governors and Legislators Discover Occupational Education -- Business and Student Pressure Are Not the Explanation -- The Interest of Government Officials -- 13. National-Level Support for Vocationalization -- Governmental Initiative -- The Limited Impact of Private Pressure -- 14. The Politics of Vocationalization: Summary and Conclusions -- Convergences and Divergences with the Institutional Perspective -- SECTION V: IMPLICATIONS OF THE RESEARCH -- 15. From Research to Practice: The Policy Implications of the Community College's Impact on Students -- The Noncollegiate Program -- The Reforms Detailed -- Evaluation: These Reforms Would Exacerbate the Problem -- Hindering Baccalaureate Aspirants -- Gutting General Education -- The Collegiate Program -- The Collegiate Reforms Detailed -- Reducing Attrition in the Lower Division -- Increasing the Transfer Rate -- Reducing Post-Transfer Attrition -- Evaluation: These Reforms are Necessary but Insufficient -- Structural Reform -- Transforming Community Colleges into Four-Year Colleges -- Converting Community Colleges into State University Branches -- Summary and Conclusions.; 16. From Research to Theory: Implications for Educational History and Politics and Political Sociology -- Educational Change -- Politics of Education -- Political Sociology -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- Notes to Chapter 1 -- Notes to Chapter 2 -- Notes to Chapter 3 -- Notes to Chapter 4 -- Note to Chapter 5 -- Notes to Chapter 6 -- Notes to Chapter 7 -- Notes to Chapter 8 -- Notes to Chapter 9 -- Notes to Chapter 10 -- Notes to Chapter 11 -- Notes to Chapter 12 -- Note to Chapter 13 -- Notes to Chapter 14 -- Notes to Chapter 15 -- Notes to Chapter 16 -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.