Community colleges as a path to baccalaureate degree attainment and social mobility : are community colleges fulfilling this role?
There is a significant degree of controversy surrounding the transfer mission of community colleges. Specifically, many researchers have suggested that these institutions divert the educational attainments, and thus social mobility, of disadvantaged groups (Brint & Karabel, 1989; Dougherty, 1987...
Main Author: | Button, Christopher John |
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Other Authors: | Westefeld, John S. |
Format: | Others |
Language: | English |
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University of Iowa
2009
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Online Access: | https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/785 https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1970&context=etd |
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