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The diverted dream : community colleges and the promise of educational opportunity in America, 1900-1985 /

A history of community colleges in America; examines the shift of emphasis from liberal-arts transfer courses to terminal vocational programs and the implications of this for upward mobility.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brint, Steven G.
Otros Autores: Karabel, Jerome
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Community Colleges and the American Social Order
  • Community Colleges in the United States: From Liberal Arts to Vocational Training
  • Organizing a National Education Movement: 1900-1945
  • The Takeoff Period: 1946-1970
  • The Great Transformation: 1970-1985
  • Community College Transformation at the State and Local Level: The Case of Massachusetts
  • Designs for Comprehensive Community Colleges: 1958-1970
  • The Process of Vocationalization: Mechanisms and Structures
  • The Final Transformation in Massachusetts: Market Pressures, Fiscal Crises, and Business Influences, 1971-1985
  • The Community College and the Politics of Inequality.