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Prescriptive specialized accreditation: Implications for urban community colleges
Author(s) -
Bonnell Allen T.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.36819823908
Subject(s) - community college , accreditation , urban community , public relations , medical education , political science , business , sociology , medicine , socioeconomics
Highly prescriptive policies, procedures, and standards imposed on baccalaureate institutions by specialized agencies have made it increasingly difficult for community college students to transfer to four‐year colleges without loss of credit, time, and money. Most adversely affected are nontraditional urban community college students, especially minorities and women.