Full Description
This book aims to deepen public understanding of the community college and to challenge our longstanding reliance on a deficit model for defining this important, powerful, and transformative institution. Featuring a unique combination of data and research, Sullivan seeks to help redefine, update, and reshape public perception about community colleges. This book gives serious attention to student voices, and includes narratives written by community college students about their experiences attending college at an open admissions institution. Sullivan examines the history of the modern community college and the economic model that is driving much of the current discussion in higher education today. Sullivan argues that the community college has done much to promote social justice and economic equality in America since the founding of the modern community college in 1947 by the Truman Commission.
Contents
Chapter 1 Scott KileyChapter 2 Julie LarkinChapter 3 Eddie RiveraChapter 4 Sarah BrihanChapter 5 Ashley PartykaChapter 6 Chhan D. TouchChapter 7 Bethany SilverChapter 8 Tim TaylorChapter 9 Sabina MamedovaChapter 10 Matt DicksChapter 11 Democracy's Unfinished BusinessChapter 12 "Socialism Means Slavery": Economic Theory, Neoliberalism, and Higher EducationChapter 13 The Imaginary Universe of Perfect CompetitionChapter 14 Different Psychological WorldsChapter 15 Connecticut's PA 12-40 and "Undeserving" StudentsChapter 16 Freedom, Unfreedom, and the "Common Good"Chapter 17 A Stealth RevolutionChapter 18 Measuring "Success" at Open Admissions InstitutionsChapter 19 Diverted Dreams, Cruel Hoaxes, and Institutional Ineffectiveness: The Community College "Failure" NarrativeChapter 20 The Consequences of a Deified Market ModelChapter 21 Literacy in American LivesChapter 22 Conclusion
