Based on five organizational case studies, this book argues that
community colleges face an identity crisis and must find ways of
balancing the three traditional roles typically assumed by them:
transfer, vocational, and community education.
To emphasize one at the expense of another is to fail to meet the
diverse needs of students who look to the community college as a
source of opportunity and social mobility. In addition, community
colleges must create an organizational context in which
opportunities exist for culturally diverse students to participate
as full members in the educational process.
The study uses democratic educational strategies first suggested by
John Dewey as a foundation for developing a critical multicultural
view of community college education. The authors argue that
critical multiculturalism moves beyond liberal views of cultural
diversity and challenge academic institutions to take advantage of
the varied experiences and perspectives that students from other
cultures bring to education. The book includes a reference section
following the final chapter and a name and subject index.
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