The diverted dream : community colleges and the promise of educational opportunity in America, 1900-1985 /
Brint, Steven G.
The diverted dream : community colleges and the promise of educational opportunity in America, 1900-1985 / Steven Brint, Jerome Karabel. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. - 1 online resource (ix, 312 pages) : illustrations - OUP E-Books. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-299) and index.
Community Colleges and the American Social Order -- Community Colleges in the United States: From Liberal Arts to Vocational Training -- Organizing a National Education Movement: 1900-1945 -- The Takeoff Period: 1946-1970 -- The Great Transformation: 1970-1985 -- Community College Transformation at the State and Local Level: The Case of Massachusetts -- Designs for Comprehensive Community Colleges: 1958-1970 -- The Process of Vocationalization: Mechanisms and Structures -- The Final Transformation in Massachusetts: Market Pressures, Fiscal Crises, and Business Influences, 1971-1985 -- The Community College and the Politics of Inequality.
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A history of community colleges in America; examines the shift of emphasis from liberal-arts transfer courses to terminal vocational programs and the implications of this for upward mobility.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9780199729265 0199729263 1423763726 9781423763727 9786610439874 6610439877 1280439874 9781280439872 1601296479 9781601296474 9780197560044 0197560040 0199878803 9780199878802
89002891
1900-1999
Education, Higher--History--United States--20th century.
Community colleges--History--United States--20th century.
Education, Humanistic--History--United States--20th century.
Vocational education--History--United States--20th century.
Enseignement supérieur--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
Collèges communautaires--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
Éducation humaniste--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
Enseignement professionnel--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
EDUCATION--Higher.
Community colleges
Education, Higher
Education, Humanistic
Vocational education
Junior college
Tertiärbereich
Hoger onderwijs.
Gelijkheid.
Onderwijsvernieuwing.
Geschichte (1900-1985)
United States
USA
United States Community colleges, history
History
LA226 / .B74 1989eb
378.73
The diverted dream : community colleges and the promise of educational opportunity in America, 1900-1985 / Steven Brint, Jerome Karabel. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. - 1 online resource (ix, 312 pages) : illustrations - OUP E-Books. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-299) and index.
Community Colleges and the American Social Order -- Community Colleges in the United States: From Liberal Arts to Vocational Training -- Organizing a National Education Movement: 1900-1945 -- The Takeoff Period: 1946-1970 -- The Great Transformation: 1970-1985 -- Community College Transformation at the State and Local Level: The Case of Massachusetts -- Designs for Comprehensive Community Colleges: 1958-1970 -- The Process of Vocationalization: Mechanisms and Structures -- The Final Transformation in Massachusetts: Market Pressures, Fiscal Crises, and Business Influences, 1971-1985 -- The Community College and the Politics of Inequality.
Use copy
A history of community colleges in America; examines the shift of emphasis from liberal-arts transfer courses to terminal vocational programs and the implications of this for upward mobility.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9780199729265 0199729263 1423763726 9781423763727 9786610439874 6610439877 1280439874 9781280439872 1601296479 9781601296474 9780197560044 0197560040 0199878803 9780199878802
89002891
1900-1999
Education, Higher--History--United States--20th century.
Community colleges--History--United States--20th century.
Education, Humanistic--History--United States--20th century.
Vocational education--History--United States--20th century.
Enseignement supérieur--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
Collèges communautaires--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
Éducation humaniste--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
Enseignement professionnel--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
EDUCATION--Higher.
Community colleges
Education, Higher
Education, Humanistic
Vocational education
Junior college
Tertiärbereich
Hoger onderwijs.
Gelijkheid.
Onderwijsvernieuwing.
Geschichte (1900-1985)
United States
USA
United States Community colleges, history
History
LA226 / .B74 1989eb
378.73