02758nam 2200637 450 991045854620332120200520144314.00-19-756004-01-280-43987-40-19-972926-31-60129-647-9(CKB)1000000000363443(MH)001629590-0(StDuBDS)EDZ0002342233(MiAaPQ)EBC272885(Au-PeEL)EBL272885(CaPaEBR)ebr11306306(CaONFJC)MIL43987(OCoLC)814394738(EXLCZ)99100000000036344320161201h19891989 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe diverted dream community colleges and the promise of educational opportunity in America, 1900-1985 /Steven Brint, Jerome KarabelNew York, New York ;Oxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,1989.©19891 online resource (ix, 312 pages) illustrationsOxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 1989.0-19-504816-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Oxford scholarship online.Education, HigherUnited StatesHistory20th centuryCommunity collegesUnited StatesHistory20th centuryEducation, HumanisticUnited StatesHistory20th centuryVocational educationUnited StatesHistory20th centuryElectronic books.Education, HigherHistoryCommunity collegesHistoryEducation, HumanisticHistoryVocational educationHistory378.73Brint Steven G.127557Karabel JeromeMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458546203321The diverted dream1964218UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress