The Contradictory College: The Conflicting Origins, Impacts, and Futures of the Community College

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SUNY Press, 01‏/01‏/1994 - 365 من الصفحات
This book systematically analyzes the evidence on four key issues that have divided commentators on the community college: The community college's impact on students, business, and the universities; the factors behind its rise since 1900; the causes of its swift vocationalization after 1960; and what direction the community college should take in the future.

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THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES IMPORTANCE AND CONTROVERSIALITY
3
The Debate over the Community College
5
The Aims of This Book
7
The Content of the Chapters
9
THE DEBATE DEEPENED
15
The Debate Over the Effects of the Community College
16
The Debate Over Why Community Colleges Were Established
22
The Debate Over Why Community Colleges Were Vocationalized
29
Explaining the Homogeneity of Community College Expansion
188
THE ORIGINS OF OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION
189
THE VOCATIONALIZATION OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE INTRODUCTION
191
The Timing of OccupationalEducation Development
192
Studying the Process of Vocationalization
193
Explaining the Expansion of Occupational Education
195
LOCALLEVEL VOCATIONALIZATION COMMUNITY COLLEGE HEADS AS VOCATIONAL ENTREPRENEURS
197
Business and Student Demand Are an Insufficient Explanation
198

Summary and Conclusions
35
OUTCOMES
41
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES IMPACT ON STUDENTS THE ECONOMY AND THE UNIVERSITIES
43
The Impact on Business and the Economy
44
The Impact on the Elite State Universities
47
The Effect on Students
49
Access to Higher Education
50
Educational Attainment
52
Economic Attainment
57
Summary and Conclusions
66
HOW DOES THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE HINDER BACCALAUREATE ATTAINMENT?
83
Attrition in the Freshman and Sophomore Years
85
Failure to Transfer to FourYear Colleges
92
Attrition after Transfer
97
Summary and Conclusions
105
THE ORIGINS AND EXPANSION OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
113
THE FOUNDING OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES INTRODUCTION
115
Studying the Founding of Community Colleges
119
Explaining Community College Expansion
124
LOCALLEVEL INSTITUTION BUILDING THE CENTRALITY OF LOCAL EDUCATORS
127
Private Interest Group Pressure Was Not the Main Cause
131
The Key Role of Local School Officials and Other Educators
136
STATELEVEL ADVOCATES THE INTERESTS OF GOVERNORS AND STATE UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS
145
How Involved Were Nongovernmental Actors?
147
Government Agencies and Officials Weigh In
155
NATIONALLEVEL REINFORCEMENT OF LOCAL AND STATE INITIATIVES
175
The Limited Impact of Private Interest Group Pressure
176
Governmental Initiative
178
THE POLITICS OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDING SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
183
Convergences and Divergences with the Institutional Perspective
185
From Diverse Origins to Contradictory Effects
186
Community College Officials Take the Lead
209
STATE GOVERNORS AND LEGISLATORS DISCOVER OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION
219
Business and Student Pressure Are Not the Explanation
221
The Interests of Government Officials
224
NATIONALLEVEL SUPPORT FOR VOCATIONALIZATION
231
Governmental Initiative
232
The Limited Impact of Private Pressure
236
THE POLITICS OF VOCATIONALIZATION SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
239
Convergences and Divergences with the Institutional Perspective
242
IMPLICATIONS OF THE RESEARCH
243
FROM RESEARCH TO PRACTICE THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES IMPACT ON STUDENTS
245
The Noncollegiate Program
246
These Reforms Would Exacerbate the Problem
248
Gutting General Education
250
The Collegiate Program
251
The Collegiate Reforms Detailed
252
Increasing the Transfer Rate
254
Reducing PostTransfer Attrition
257
These Reforms Are Necessary but Insufficient
260
Structural Reform
262
Transforming Community Colleges into FourYear Colleges
263
Converting Community Colleges into State University Branches
266
Summary and Conclusions
269
FROM RESEARCH TO THEORY IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL HISTORY AND POLITICS AND POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY
273
Politics of Education
282
Political Sociology
284
Conclusion
285
NOTES
287
REFERENCES
317
INDEX
359
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طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات

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Kevin J. Dougherty is Associate Professor of Sociology at Manhattan College.

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