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The diverted dream : community colleges and the promise of educational opportunity in America, 1900-1985 / Steven Brint, Jerome Karabel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brint, Steven G., author.
- Karabel, Jerome, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--United States--History--20th century.
- Education, Higher.
- Community colleges--United States--History--20th century.
- Community colleges.
- Education, Humanistic--United States--History--20th century.
- Education, Humanistic.
- Vocational education--United States--History--20th century.
- Vocational education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 312 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York ; Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 1989.
- Summary:
- In the past two decades, US community colleges have undergone a profound change, shifting emphasis from liberal-arts transfer courses to terminal vocational programs. Drawing on developments nationwide as well as in the specific case of Massachusetts, Steven Brint and Jerome Karabel offer a history of community colleges in America, explaining why this shift has occurred after years of student resistance.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. Community Colleges and the American Social Order
- PART I: Community Colleges in the United States: From Liberal Arts to Vocational Training
- 2. Organizing a National Education Movement: 1900-1945
- 3. The Takeoff Period: 1946-1970
- 4. The Great Transformation: 1970-1985
- PART II: Community College Transformation at the State and Local Level: The Case of Massachusetts
- 5. Designs for Comprehensive Community Colleges: 1958-1970
- 6. The Process of Vocationalization: Mechanisms and Structures
- 7. The Final Transformation in Massachusetts: Market Pressures, Fiscal Crises, and Business Influences, 1971-1985
- CONCLUSION
- 8. The Community College and the Politics of Inequality
- Notes
- Bibliography
- List of Interviews
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Z.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1989.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-987880-3
- 0-19-756004-0
- 1-280-43987-4
- 0-19-972926-3
- 1-60129-647-9
- OCLC:
- 814394738
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