The Diverted Dream : Community Colleges and the Promise of Educational Opportunity in America, 1900-1985.

In the twentieth century, Americans have increasingly looked to the schools--and, in particular, to the nation's colleges and universities--as guardians of the cherished national ideal of equality of opportunity. With the best jobs increasingly monopolized by those with higher education, theopp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jerome Karabel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford University Press, USA 1991.
Temas:
1900-1999
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.
Collèges communautaires > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Éducation humaniste > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Community colleges
Education, Higher
Education, Humanistic
Vocational education
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1: Community Colleges and the American Social Order
  • Community Colleges and Democratic Ideology
  • Curricular Change in the Community College
  • PART I: Community Colleges in the United States: From Liberal Arts to Vocational Training
  • 2: Organizing a National Education Movement: 1900-1945
  • University Sponsorship and the Rise of the Junior College
  • The Founding of a National Association: The American Association of Junior Colleges
  • The California Example
  • The Depression Boom
  • The Terminal Education Project.
  • Toward Vocationalization: Sponsorship and Opposition
  • 3: The Takeoff Period: 1946-1970
  • The Truman Commission Report and the Junior College
  • The Political and Economic Context of Expansion
  • Meritocracy, the Cold War, and the Junior College
  • The Great Enrollment Surge
  • The California Master Plan
  • External Support and the New Push for Vocationalization
  • The Junior College Movement Looks to the 1970s
  • 4: The Great Transformation: 1970-1985
  • External Support for Vocationalization
  • Market Forces in Context: Perception and Reality
  • The Surge in Vocational Enrollments.
  • Vocational Programs and the Labor Market
  • The AAJC and the Growth of Marketing
  • Institutional Climates, Transfer Patterns, and Students' Life Chances
  • Ties to Business
  • The Long Road from Joliet
  • PART II: Community College Transformation at the State and Local Level: The Case of Massachusetts
  • 5: Designs for Comprehensive Community Colleges: 1958-1970
  • The Origins of Community Colleges in Massachusetts
  • The Dwyer Administration and the Rise of Vocational Education
  • 6: The Process of Vocationalization: Mechanisms and Structures
  • The Dynamics of Vocationalization.
  • The Exception That Proves the Rule: The Case of Roxbury
  • Patterns of Faculty and Student Response to Vocationalization
  • 7: The Final Transformation in Massachusetts: Market Pressures, Fiscal Crises, and Business Influences, 1971-1985
  • State Policy and the Growth of Vocationalism, 1971-1978
  • The Era of Business Dominance, 1979-1984
  • Organizational Tensions and Market Competition
  • The Vocationalization of Community Colleges in Massachusetts
  • CONCLUSION
  • 8: The Community College and the Politics of Inequality
  • From Liberal Arts to Vocational Training.
  • The Institutional Model and the Problem of Change
  • American Education, Meritocratic Ideology, and The Legitimation of Inequality
  • The Community College and Democratic Ideals
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • List of Interviews
  • Index.

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