Community Colleges As Cultural Texts: Qualitative Explorations of Organizational and Student Culture (Suny Series, Frontiers in Education) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 079144290X ISBN 13: 9780791442906

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1999

Synopsis

Questions whether, and how, community colleges confront the challenges of diversity and provide real opportunities for upward mobility.

Community colleges are positioned to play a critical role in the process of upward mobility in American society. Yet despite the "open door" accessibility of these institutions, the question remains as to whether or not community colleges enhance the social mobility of working class and minority students.

The contradictory and often paradoxical nature of research on community colleges suggests that making generalizations about the sector as a whole is perhaps misguided. This book takes an important step toward developing a more nuanced understanding of the rich and varied cultures inherent in community colleges. The contributors approach this task by examining community colleges as "cultural texts," using critical qualitative frameworks to address the question of whether, and how, community colleges confront the challenges of diversity and provide real opportunities for upward mobility.

[Contributors include Marilyn Amey, Eusebio Diaz, Stanford T. Goto, Berta Vigil Laden, Dennis McGrath, Laura I. Rendón, Robert A. Rhoads, Kathleen M. Shaw, Armando Trujillo, James R. Valadez, and Bill Van Buskirk.]

About this title

About the Author

Robert A. Rhoads is Assistant Professor of Education, Department of Educational Administration, Michigan State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 079144290X
• ISBN 13: 9780791442906
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Shaw Kathleen M.