Gateway to opportunity? [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the community college in the United States / / J.M. Beach ; foreword by W. Norton Grubb |
Autore | Beach J. M (Josh M.) |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sterling, Va., : Stylus Pub., 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 378.1/5430973 |
Soggetto topico |
Community colleges - United States - History
Community college students - United States - History College students - Conduct of life - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-57922-531-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE: 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, 1900-1980's; An Aristocracy of Talent: The Origins of Higher Education in the United States; Educational Innovation: The Creation of Junior Colleges, 1900-1940's
A Reformation: The Reinstitutionalization of Community Colleges Due to Increasing Student Access, 1950's-1960-s Community Colleges, Segregation, and Equality, 1960's-1980's; Whither To? Reaching a Plateau of Orthodoxy, 1970's-1980's; 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, 1990's-2000's; 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 Institutional Reform? Three Principles for Policy Makers; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INDEX; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461086803321 |
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Gateway to opportunity? [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the community college in the United States / / J.M. Beach ; foreword by W. Norton Grubb |
Autore | Beach J. M (Josh M.) |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sterling, Va., : Stylus Pub., 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 378.1/5430973 |
Soggetto topico |
Community colleges - United States - History
Community college students - United States - History College students - Conduct of life - History |
ISBN |
1-00-344497-0
1-000-97542-8 1-003-44497-0 1-57922-531-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE: 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, 1900-1980's; An Aristocracy of Talent: The Origins of Higher Education in the United States; Educational Innovation: The Creation of Junior Colleges, 1900-1940's
A Reformation: The Reinstitutionalization of Community Colleges Due to Increasing Student Access, 1950's-1960-s Community Colleges, Segregation, and Equality, 1960's-1980's; Whither To? Reaching a Plateau of Orthodoxy, 1970's-1980's; 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, 1990's-2000's; 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 Institutional Reform? Three Principles for Policy Makers; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INDEX; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789970003321 |
Beach J. M (Josh M.)
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Sterling, Va., : Stylus Pub., 2011 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gateway to opportunity? [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the community college in the United States / / J.M. Beach ; foreword by W. Norton Grubb |
Autore | Beach J. M (Josh M.) |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sterling, Va., : Stylus Pub., 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 378.1/5430973 |
Soggetto topico |
Community colleges - United States - History
Community college students - United States - History College students - Conduct of life - History |
ISBN |
1-00-344497-0
1-000-97542-8 1-003-44497-0 1-57922-531-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE: 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, 1900-1980's; An Aristocracy of Talent: The Origins of Higher Education in the United States; Educational Innovation: The Creation of Junior Colleges, 1900-1940's
A Reformation: The Reinstitutionalization of Community Colleges Due to Increasing Student Access, 1950's-1960-s Community Colleges, Segregation, and Equality, 1960's-1980's; Whither To? Reaching a Plateau of Orthodoxy, 1970's-1980's; 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, 1990's-2000's; 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 Institutional Reform? Three Principles for Policy Makers; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INDEX; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817710203321 |
Beach J. M (Josh M.)
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Sterling, Va., : Stylus Pub., 2011 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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