Nontraditional Students and Community Colleges

The Conflict of Justice and Neoliberalism
2007. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-44532-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

Focusing on non-traditional students in higher education institutions, this new book from renowned scholar John Levin examines the extent to which community college students receive justice both within their institution and as an outcome of their education.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Levin, J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction:The Themes of Justice and Neo-liberalism * Non-Traditional Students in Higher Education * The Access Mission of Community Colleges and their Accommodation of Non-Traditional Students * Theoretical frameworks * The Study * Social Contexts, Goals, and Motivations of Non-Traditional Community College Students * Strategies and Actions of Community Colleges as well as their Behaviors in Accommodating Non-Traditional Students * Organizational Arrangements:Continuing Education, Community Education, and Lifelong Learning * Justice and Non-Traditional Community College Students

Über Autor(innen)

John S. Levin is the Bank of America Professor of Educational Leadership and the Director and Principal Investigator, California Community College Collaborative at the University of California, Riverside, USA.