| Description |
xiii, 305 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-297) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : defending the community college equity agenda / Thomas Bailey and Vanessa Smith Morest -- Double vision : how the attempt to balance multiple missions is shaping the future of community colleges / Vanessa Smith Morest -- Performance accountability as imperfect panacea : the community college experience / Kevin J. Dougherty and Esther Hong -- Increasing competition and growth of the for-profits / Thomas Bailey -- Virtual access / Rebecca D. Cox -- The limits of "training for now" : lessons from information technology certification / Jim Jacobs and W. Norton Grubb -- "Lights just click on every day" / Dolores Perin and Kerry Charron -- "Like, what do I do now?" : the dilemmas of guidance counseling / W. Norton Grubb -- Twice the credit, half the time? : the growth of dual credit at community colleges and high schools / Vanessa Smith Morest and Melinda Mechur Karp -- The community college equity agenda in the twenty-first century : moving from access to achievement / Thomas Bailey and Vanessa Smith Morest. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Community colleges -- United States -- Administration.
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Community colleges -- Curricula -- United States.
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Educational equalization -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bailey, Thomas W., 1950-
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Morest, Vanessa Smith, 1969-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0801884470 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780801884474 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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