The community college
The nature of the beast
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11257377 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ralph E Kirkman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 77-79 |
| Publication date | 1974-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Peabody Journal of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0161-956X • E-ISSN: 1532-7930 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01619567409537945 |
| OpenAlex | W2090093019 |
| Language | EN |
Community colleges face the serious task of role identity. The community college is, in many respects, revolutionary in that it offers upward mobility to the masses through the education of those who in large part would not otherwise be afforded educational opportunities. Some have hailed the community college as the only significant innovation in American higher education in at least a century. Others have called it l'enfant terrible. Not a few see it as an emerging beast that seeks to devour a sizeable portion both of the total education budget of most states and of all students who will enter college for the first time
Community college · Mathematics education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Sociology · Higher Education Research Studies · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |