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The next community college movement?
Author(s) -
Dassance Charles R.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.464
Subject(s) - curriculum , face (sociological concept) , politics , foundation (evidence) , community college , citizenship , political science , public relations , sociology , pedagogy , medical education , medicine , social science , law
Abstract The missionary zeal of community colleges in the 1960s is still needed to meet the challenges they still face today: helping underserved and underprepared students succeed, and offering a strong general education curriculum that provides the foundation and framework for later academic and professional success. Even as economic, social, and political conditions change, community colleges can and must still provide national leadership in helping more students achieve success, guiding unsuccessful students to alternatives that will allow them to be successful, and preparing students for meaningful citizenship.