The Junior College
Author : Leland L. Medsker
Publisher :
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 20,14 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Junior colleges
ISBN :
Author : Leland L. Medsker
Publisher :
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 20,14 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Junior colleges
ISBN :
Author : Leland L. Medsker
Publisher :
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 44,77 MB
Release : 1950
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Gulbrand Loken
Publisher :
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 38,82 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Dissertations, Academic
ISBN :
Author : Henry Horton Armsby
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 25,80 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Education
ISBN :
Author : United States. Office of Education
Publisher :
Page : 1070 pages
File Size : 39,29 MB
Release : 1930
Category : Education
ISBN :
Author : John E. Roueche
Publisher :
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 18,26 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Junior colleges
ISBN :
Author : J. M. Beach
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 45,39 MB
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 1000980782
Can the U.S. keep its dominant economic position in the world economy with only 30% of its population holding bachelor’s degrees? If the majority of U.S. citizens lack a higher education, can the U.S. live up to its democratic principles and preserve its political institutions? These questions raise the critical issue of access to higher education, central to which are America’s open-access, low-cost community colleges that enroll around half of all first-time freshmen in the U.S. Can these institutions bridge the gap, and how might they do so? The answer is complicated by multiple missions—gateways to 4-year colleges, providers of occupational education, community services, and workforce development, as well as of basic skills instruction and remediation.To enable today’s administrators and policy makers to understand and contextualize the complexity of the present, this history describes and analyzes the ideological, social, and political motives that led to the creation of community colleges, and that have shaped their subsequent development. In doing so, it fills a large void in our knowledge of these institutions.The “junior college,” later renamed the “community college” in the 1960s and 1970s, was originally designed to limit access to higher education in the name of social efficiency. Subsequently leaders and communities tried to refashion this institution into a tool for increased social mobility, community organization, and regional economic development. Thus, community colleges were born of contradictions, and continue to be an enigma. This history examines the institutionalization process of the community college in the United States, casting light on how this educational institution was formed, for what purposes, and how has it evolved. It uncovers the historically conditioned rules, procedures, rituals, and ideas that ordered and defined the particular educational structure of these colleges; and focuses on the individuals, organizations, ideas, and the larger political economy that contributed to defining the community college’s educational missions, and have enabled or constrained this institution from enacting those missions. He also sets the history in the context of the contemporary debates about access and effectiveness, and traces how these colleges have responded to calls for accountability from the 1970s to the present.Community colleges hold immense promise if they can overcome their historical legacy and be re-institutionalized with unified missions, clear goals of educational success, and adequate financial resources. This book presents the history in all its complexity so that policy makers and practitioners might better understand the constraints of the past in an effort to realize the possibilities of the future.
Author : ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education
Publisher :
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 14,47 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Education, Higher
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
Publisher :
Page : 1498 pages
File Size : 10,39 MB
Release : 1961
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Author : Michael T. Miller
Publisher : IAP
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 11,60 MB
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1607522160
This volume is a critical and objective study of the contemporary college student athlete. Framed around the process of recruitment, transition, and support of student athletes in higher education, the volume is a response to societal pressures to reform college athletics. Driven by publicity and the potential for revenue gains, colleges and universities have invested heavily in developing athletic programs, coaches, and facilities. Yet few resources are invested strategically in the personal and intellectual development of student athletes. Written by a team of authors with first-hand experience working with student athletes and transitional programs, the volume argues that institutional attention must be directed at caring for the personal and intellectual growth of student athletes. Highlighting some best-practice curricula and exploring the psychological issues surrounding participating in often highly-competitive athletics, the authors consistently conclude that institutional responsibility is of the utmost and immediate importance. Authors also consider the unique settings of student athletes in community and private liberal arts colleges, demonstrating the broad interest in athletics and institutional competition. The result is an important volume that will be of interest to those who counsel and administer intercollegiate athletic programs, faculty and researchers looking for insightful baseline data on the contemporary student athlete, and those concerned with transitional programs and the future of higher education.