The Community College Reform Movement: Contentions and Ideological Origins (1) (Routledge Research in Higher Education)

Synopsis

This book critically examines the rise of the higher education reform movement, often referred to as the “completion agenda,” which, since the early 2000s, has sought to restructure core aspects of the community college experience. Using community colleges from across nine U.S. states as practical examples, it explores the major higher education reforms, including dual enrollment, the demise of developmental education, corequisites, and performance-based funding. Against the popular view that support for such policies is tied to neoliberalism, it argues for a more nuanced understanding of the complicated and often indistinct ideological foundation of the reform movement, demonstrating that supporters and detractors alike draw on similar concepts such as equity, student success, and affordability. This complication is further clarified through an account of the history, processes, functions, and institutions that paved the way for the advent of the higher education reform movement.This book is vital reading for anyone interested in the future of community colleges and higher education. More generally, this book will particularly appeal to scholars, researchers, and educators working in higher education, educational reform, and educational policy.

Copyright:

2025

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Publisher Quality

Book Size:

266 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781040324226

Related ISBNs:

9781032601380, 9781032614717, 9781040323793

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

03/04/25

Copyrighted By:

Milton E. Clarke, The right of Milton E. Clarke to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections

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No

Language:

English

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No

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Nonfiction, Education

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