Democracy, Multiculturalism, and the Community College: A Critical Perspective

by Rudolf Steiner, Robert A. Rhoads, James R. Valadez

Based on five organizational case studies, this book argues that community colleges face an identity crisis and must find ways of balancing the three traditional roles typically assumed by them: transfer, vocational, and community education.
To emphasize one at the expense of another is to fail to meet the diverse needs of students who look to the community college as a source of opportunity and social mobility. In addition, community colleges...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081532197X
• ISBN13: 9780815321972
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"