A college for all Californians : a history of the California community colleges /
This is the first comprehensive and contemporary history of the largest and most diverse public system of higher education in the United States. Serving over two million students annually, approximately one-quarter of the nation's community college undergraduates, California's 116 communit...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Teachers College Press,
[2021].
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| Summary: | This is the first comprehensive and contemporary history of the largest and most diverse public system of higher education in the United States. Serving over two million students annually, approximately one-quarter of the nation's community college undergraduates, California's 116 community colleges play an indispensable role in career and transfer education in North America and have maintained an outsized influence on the evolution of postsecondary education nationally. A College for All Californians chronicles the sector's emergence from K-12 institutions, its evolving mission and growth following World War II and the G.I. Bill For Education, the expansion of its ever-broadening mission and its essential role in the 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education. Chapters cover California's junior and community colleges' development, mission, governance, faculty, finances, athletics, student support services and more. It also examines the successes and ongoing political, financial, and educational challenges confronting this uniquely American educational experiment. This book encapsulates the evolution and contemporary status of our nation's largest and most diverse undergraduate education system and examines how the colleges were influenced by the political, economic and social issues of the day. It also includes new historical information affecting postsecondary education in California and analyzes some of the most important current and emerging issues that will continue to influence California's community colleges. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807765951 0807765953 9780807765968 0807765961 |