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Rethinking Campus LifeNew Voices, New Perspectives: Studying the History of Student Life at Community Colleges

Rethinking Campus Life: New Voices, New Perspectives: Studying the History of Student Life at... [Historians of higher education have long acknowledged a blind spot when it comes to the history of less selective institutions, including community colleges, which today educate nearly half of all undergraduates in the United States. Even as scholars debate the merits of these institutions—at once celebrated as levers of social mobility and criticized for diverting students’ ambitions—few have examined the experiences of students on these campuses, past or present. This chapter surveys the literature on the history of community colleges to identify challenges and opportunities for scholars seeking to study their campus life. The chapter considers how a better understanding of campus life at community colleges may change understanding of what it means—and has meant—to be a college student.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Rethinking Campus LifeNew Voices, New Perspectives: Studying the History of Student Life at Community Colleges

Part of the Historical Studies in Education Book Series
Editors: Ogren, Christine A.; VanOverbeke, Marc A.
Strohl, Nicholas M.
Rethinking Campus Life — Jul 20, 2018
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
ISBN
978-3-319-75613-4
Pages
191 –212
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-75614-1_9
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Abstract

[Historians of higher education have long acknowledged a blind spot when it comes to the history of less selective institutions, including community colleges, which today educate nearly half of all undergraduates in the United States. Even as scholars debate the merits of these institutions—at once celebrated as levers of social mobility and criticized for diverting students’ ambitions—few have examined the experiences of students on these campuses, past or present. This chapter surveys the literature on the history of community colleges to identify challenges and opportunities for scholars seeking to study their campus life. The chapter considers how a better understanding of campus life at community colleges may change understanding of what it means—and has meant—to be a college student.]

Published: Jul 20, 2018

Keywords: American Community College; Student Life; Campus Life; Public Junior Colleges; Karabel

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