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A Curriculum‐Based Classification System for Community Colleges
Author(s) -
Schuyler Gwyer
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.108
Subject(s) - community college , liberal arts education , curriculum , mathematics education , institutional research , higher education , medical education , pedagogy , sociology , psychology , political science , medicine , law
The author proposes and tests a community college classification based on curricular characteristics and their association with institutional characteristics. The analysis seeks readily available data correlates to represent the percentage of a college's course offerings that are in the liberal arts. A simple two‐category classification system using total enrollment is ultimately found to be the most accurate.