1st Edition

Post-Recession Community College Reform A Decade of Experimentation

By Chet Jordan, Anthony Picciano Copyright 2020
184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The book analyses and evaluates several key community college reform programs that emerged after the Recession of 2008 and as a result of major initiatives in California, New York, Tennessee, Florida, Connecticut and Wisconsin. Because of the economic downturn in the early 21st Century, an already eroding financial base for public higher education saw even further losses. At the same... Read more

Preface



Acknowledgements



About the Authors



Chapters



Prologue - Prelude to Recession



Chapter 1 – Introduction



Chapter 2 – California Community Colleges - Online Education Initiative



Chapter 3 – The City University of New York: ASAP and Guttman Community College



Chapter 4 – The Tennessee Promise



Chapter 5 – Florida Ends Required Remedial Education



Chapter 6 – Community College Mergers – Connecticut and Wisconsin



Chapter 7 – Lessons for the Future



Index

Biography

Chet Jordan is Assistant Professor at Guttman Community College of the City University of New York, USA.



Anthony G. Picciano is Professor at Hunter College and Professor in the Ph.D. Program in Urban Education at the City University of New York Graduate Center, USA.