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

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brint, Steven G.
Other Authors: Karabel, Jerome
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
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.
Enseignement supérieur > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Collèges communautaires > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Éducation humaniste > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Enseignement professionnel > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Community colleges
Education, Higher
Education, Humanistic
Vocational education
Junior college
Tertiärbereich
Hoger onderwijs.
Gelijkheid.
Onderwijsvernieuwing.
Geschichte (1900-1985)
United States
USA
United States > Community colleges, history
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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