Democracy, Social Justice, and the American Community College: A Student-Centered Perspective

by Patrick Sullivan

This book provides scholars, educators, and legislators with a personal, classroom-level tour of daily life at a community college. Readers will accompany the author into the classroom as he goes about his work as an English teacher meeting with classes and corresponding with students on Blackboard and e-mail. Answering the call for "student-centered scholarship," this book blends traditional academic writing with chapters that feature a rich variety of student work, including essays, journal entries, poems, art, and responses to creative assignments. In this volume, Sullivan theorizes the modern community college as a social justice institution. By mission and mandate, the modern community college has democratized America's system of higher education and distributed hope, equity, and opportunity more broadly across the nation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030755622
• ISBN13: 9783030755621
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"