Community Colleges as Cultural Texts: Qualitative Explorations of Organizational and Student Culture (Frontiers in Education)

Shaw, Kathleen M.; Valadez, James R.; Rhoads, Robert A.

ISBN 10: 0791442896 / ISBN 13: 9780791442890

Edité par State University of New York Press (edition ), 1999

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• Titre: Community Colleges as Cultural Texts: Qualitative Explorations of Organizational and Student Culture (Frontiers in Education)
• Éditeur: State University of New York Press (edition )
• Date de parution: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0791442896
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780791442890
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Very Good

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Synopsis

Questions whether, and how, community colleges confront the challenges of diversity and provide real opportunities for upward mobility.

Community colleges are positioned to play a critical role in the process of upward mobility in American society. Yet despite the "open door" accessibility of these institutions, the question remains as to whether or not community colleges enhance the social mobility of working class and minority students.

The contradictory and often paradoxical nature of research on community colleges suggests that making generalizations about the sector as a whole is perhaps misguided. This book takes an important step toward developing a more nuanced understanding of the rich and varied cultures inherent in community colleges. The contributors approach this task by examining community colleges as "cultural texts," using critical qualitative frameworks to address the question of whether, and how, community colleges confront the challenges of diversity and provide real opportunities for upward mobility.

[Contributors include Marilyn Amey, Eusebio Diaz, Stanford T. Goto, Berta Vigil Laden, Dennis McGrath, Laura I. Rendón, Robert A. Rhoads, Kathleen M. Shaw, Armando Trujillo, James R. Valadez, and Bill Van Buskirk.]

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Robert A. Rhoads is Assistant Professor of Education, Department of Educational Administration, Michigan State University.