The Diverted Dream: Community Colleges and the Promise of Educational Opportunity in America, 1900-1985.

Oxford Univiversity Press, 1989.,

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ISBN

9780195048155

Author

Brint, Steven G. And Jerome Karabel

Publishers

Oxford Univiversity Press, 1989.

Size

312 p. Original cloth with dustjacket.

Dust jacket

Languages

English

Inscribed

First edition

Description

From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). In very good condition. - INTRODUCTION -- Community Colleges and the American Social Order -- PART I 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 -- PART II 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 -- CONCLUSION -- The Community College and the Politics of Inequality -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Interviews - Index. ISBN 9780195048155