The contradictory college : the conflicting origins, impacts, and futures of the community college / Kevin J. Dougherty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dougherty, Kevin James.

Series:

SUNY series, frontiers in education.

SUNY series, frontiers in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community colleges--United States.

Community colleges.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education, Higher.

Higher education and state--United States.

Higher education and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 365 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1994.

Summary:

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

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SECTION I: INTRODUCTION

1. The Community College's Importance and Controversiality

The Debate Over the Community College

The Aims of This Book

The Content of the Chapters

2. The Debate Deepened

The Debate Over the Effects of the Community College

The Debate Over Why Community Colleges Were Established

The Debate Over Why Community Colleges Were Vocationalized

Summary and Conclusions

SECTION II: OUTCOMES

3. The Community College's Impact on Students, the Economy, and the Universities

The Impact on Business and the Economy

The Impact on the Elite State Universities

The Effect on Students

Access to Higher Education

Educational Attainment

Economic Attainment

4. How Does the Community College Hinder Baccalaureate Attainment?

Attrition in the Freshman and Sophomore Years

Failure to Transfer to Four-Year Colleges

Attrition after Transfer

SECTION III: THE ORIGINS AND EXPANSION OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

5. The Founding of Community Colleges: Introduction

The Stages of Community College Growth

Studying the Founding of Community Colleges

Explaining Community College Expansion

6. Local-Level Institution Building: The Centrality of Local Educators

Private Interest Group Pressure was not the Main Cause

The Key Role of Local School Officials and Other Educators

7. State-Level Advocates: The Interests of Governors and State University Officials

How Involved Were Nongovernmental Actors?

Government Agencies and Officials Weigh In

8. National-Level Reinforcement of Local and State Initiatives

The Limited Impact of Private Interest Group Pressure

Governmental Initiative

9. The Politics of Community College Founding: Summary and Conclusions.

Convergences and Divergences with the Institutional Perspective

From Diverse Origins to Contradictory Effects

Explaining the Homogeneity of Community College Expansion

SECTION IV: THE ORIGINS OF OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION

10. The Vocationalization of the Community College: Introduction

The Timing of Occupational-Education Development

Studying the Process of Vocationalization

Explaining the Expansion of Occupational Education

11. Local-Level Vocationalization: Community College Heads as Vocational Entrepreneurs

Business and Student Demand are an Insufficient Explanation

Community College Officials Take the Lead

12. State Governors and Legislators Discover Occupational Education

Business and Student Pressure Are Not the Explanation

The Interest of Government Officials

13. National-Level Support for Vocationalization

The Limited Impact of Private Pressure

14. The Politics of Vocationalization: Summary and Conclusions

Convergences and Divergences with the Institutional Perspective

SECTION V: IMPLICATIONS OF THE RESEARCH

15. From Research to Practice: The Policy Implications of the Community College's Impact on Students

The Noncollegiate Program

The Reforms Detailed

Evaluation: These Reforms Would Exacerbate the Problem

Hindering Baccalaureate Aspirants

Gutting General Education

The Collegiate Program

The Collegiate Reforms Detailed

Reducing Attrition in the Lower Division

Increasing the Transfer Rate

Reducing Post-Transfer Attrition

Evaluation: These Reforms are Necessary but Insufficient

Structural Reform

Transforming Community Colleges into Four-Year Colleges

Converting Community Colleges into State University Branches

Summary and Conclusions.

16. From Research to Theory: Implications for Educational History and Politics and Political Sociology

Educational Change

Politics of Education

Political Sociology

Conclusion

NOTES

Notes to Chapter 1

Notes to Chapter 2

Notes to Chapter 3

Notes to Chapter 4

Note to Chapter 5

Notes to Chapter 6

Notes to Chapter 7

Notes to Chapter 8

Notes to Chapter 9

Notes to Chapter 10

Notes to Chapter 11

Notes to Chapter 12

Note to Chapter 13

Notes to Chapter 14

Notes to Chapter 15

Notes to Chapter 16

REFERENCES

INDEX

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D

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F

G

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I

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L

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-358) and index.

ISBN:

1-4384-0144-2

0-585-06261-7

OCLC:

42855557