The contradictory college : the conflicting origins, impacts, and futures of the community college / Kevin J. Dougherty.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-358) and index.

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Annotation This book systematically analyzes the evidence on four key issues that have divided commentators on the community college: The community college's impact on students, business, and the universities; the factors behind its rise since 1900; the cause of its swift vocationalization after 1960; and what direction the community college should take in the future.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- SECTION I: INTRODUCTION -- 1. The Community College's Importance and Controversiality -- The Debate Over the Community College -- The Aims of This Book -- The Content of the Chapters -- 2. The Debate Deepened -- The Debate Over the Effects of the Community College -- The Debate Over Why Community Colleges Were Established -- The Debate Over Why Community Colleges Were Vocationalized -- Summary and Conclusions -- SECTION II: OUTCOMES -- 3. The Community College's Impact on Students, the Economy, and the Universities -- The Impact on Business and the Economy.

The Impact on the Elite State Universities -- The Effect on Students -- Access to Higher Education -- Educational Attainment -- Economic Attainment -- Summary and Conclusions -- 4. How Does the Community College Hinder Baccalaureate Attainment? -- Attrition in the Freshman and Sophomore Years -- Failure to Transfer to Four-Year Colleges -- Attrition after Transfer -- Summary and Conclusions -- SECTION III: THE ORIGINS AND EXPANSION OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE -- 5. The Founding of Community Colleges: Introduction -- The Stages of Community College Growth.

Studying the Founding of Community Colleges -- Explaining Community College Expansion -- 6. Local-Level Institution Building: The Centrality of Local Educators -- Private Interest Group Pressure was not the Main Cause -- The Key Role of Local School Officials and Other Educators -- 7. State-Level Advocates: The Interests of Governors and State University Officials -- How Involved Were Nongovernmental Actors? -- Government Agencies and Officials Weigh In -- 8. National-Level Reinforcement of Local and State Initiatives -- The Limited Impact of Private Interest Group Pressure.

Governmental Initiative -- 9. The Politics of Community College Founding: Summary and Conclusions -- Convergences and Divergences with the Institutional Perspective -- From Diverse Origins to Contradictory Effects -- Explaining the Homogeneity of Community College Expansion -- SECTION IV: THE ORIGINS OF OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION -- 10. The Vocationalization of the Community College: Introduction -- The Timing of Occupational-Education Development -- Studying the Process of Vocationalization -- Explaining the Expansion of Occupational Education.

11. Local-Level Vocationalization: Community College Heads as Vocational Entrepreneurs -- Business and Student Demand are an Insufficient Explanation -- Community College Officials Take the Lead -- 12. State Governors and Legislators Discover Occupational Education -- Business and Student Pressure Are Not the Explanation -- The Interest of Government Officials -- 13. National-Level Support for Vocationalization -- Governmental Initiative -- The Limited Impact of Private Pressure -- 14. The Politics of Vocationalization: Summary and Conclusions.

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