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On Markets and Other Matters: A Price Model for Public Two‐Year Colleges
Author(s) -
Shaman Susan M.,
Zemsky Robert
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.111
Subject(s) - community college , institution , function (biology) , higher education , postsecondary education , economics , public relations , political science , public administration , sociology , economic growth , medical education , law , medicine , evolutionary biology , biology
Community colleges are often thought to constitute a separate sphere in higher education, one that is unique and largely self‐contained. This chapter calls into question that basic assumption, demonstrating that the price an individual community college charges is a function of the role and place that the institution occupies in the overall market for postsecondary education. The analysis suggests a classification that distinguishes colleges with respect to their emphasis on formal degree programs versus delivery of courses.