Gateway to Opportunity?: A History of the Community College in the United States

by J.M. Beach

Book Overview

Can the U.S. keep its dominant economic position in the world economy with only 30% of its population holding bachelor's degrees? If the majority of U.S. citizens lack a higher education, can the U.S. live up to its democratic principles and preserve its political institutions? These questions raise the critical issue of access to higher education, central to which are America's open-access, low-cost community colleges that enroll around half of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579224512
• ISBN13: 9781579224516
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"