The Diverted Dream: Community Colleges and the Promise of Educational Opportunity in America, 1900-1985

by Steven Brint and Jerome Karabel

Book Overview

In the twentieth century, Americans have increasingly looked to the schools--and, in particular, to the nation's colleges and universities--as guardians of the cherished national ideal of equality of opportunity. With the best jobs increasingly monopolized by those with higher education, the opportunity to attend college has become an integral part of the American dream of upward mobility. The two-year college--which now enrolls more than four million...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195048164
• ISBN13: 9780195048162
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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An excellent history of community colleges.

Brint and Karabel trace the history of the community college from their "humble" beginnings at the turn of the century to the big business they are today. The only negative is the long, drawn-out case study from Mass. Because of the concise way they present the community college history, Brint and Karabel are able to also define the historical reasons behind some of the controversies which confront community colleges today.