Defending the Community College Equity Agenda.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (322 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Defending the Community College Equity Agenda -- 2 Double Vision: How the Attempt to Balance Multiple Missions Is Shaping the Future of Community Colleges -- 3 Performance Accountability as Imperfect Panacea: The Community College Experience -- 4 Increasing Competition and Growth of the For-Profits -- 5 Virtual Access -- 6 The Limits of ''Training for Now'': Lessons from Information Technology Certification -- 7 ''Lights Just Click on Every Day'' -- 8 ''Like, What Do I Do Now?'': The Dilemmas of Guidance Counseling -- 9 Twice the Credit, Half the Time?: The Growth of Dual Credit at Community Colleges and High Schools -- 10 The Community College Equity Agenda in the Twenty-First Century: Moving from Access to Achievement -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
They then propose a set of strategies to strengthen the role of community colleges in providing both access and opportunities for achievement for all students.
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Community colleges-United States-Administration. Community colleges-Curricula-United States. Educational equalization-United States.