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A case for the community college's open access mission
Author(s) -
Shan Henry D.,
Smith Ronald C.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.255
Subject(s) - community college , open enrollment , threatened species , politics , public relations , core (optical fiber) , political science , public administration , sociology , higher education , medical education , engineering , law , medicine , ecology , telecommunications , habitat , biology
America's community colleges have a unique mission to provide open access and affordable education to all who desire to learn. Unfortunately, this core mission is being threatened by myriad economic, social, and political challenges that community college leaders must confront and overcome.