CONTENTS
List of Tables and Figures
Series Editors Introduction
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 The Historical Origins of the Comprehensive Community College Mission, 1901-1965
Ken Meier
Chapter 2 Student Diversity in Community Colleges: Examining Trends and Understanding the Challenges
Lindsey E. Malcom-Piqueux
Chapter 3 Student Development Versus Consumerism: Student Services on Campus
Joan B. Hirt and Tara E. Frank
Chapter 4 Hispanic Community College Students: A Profile of Theory and Research
Amaury Nora, Vincent Carales, and Ripsimé K. Bledsoe
Chapter 5 International Student Enrollment in U. S. Community Colleges: Joint Endeavors by Individuals and Institutions
Yi Leaf Zhang and Linda Serra Hagedorn
Chapter 6 Adult Student Development: The Socio-Agentic Approach and its Relationship to the Community College Context
Virginia Montero-Hernandez and Christine Cerven
Chapter 7 Teaching Academically Underprepared Students in Community Colleges
Dolores Perin
Chapter 8 Career and Technical Education: Old Debates and Persistent Challenges
Debra D. Bragg
Chapter 9 Faculty and the Connection to the Institution
John S. Levin
Chapter 10 Leading in the Middle
Marilyn Amey and Pamela Eddy
Chapter 11 Redefining Shared Responsibility: Governance in the 21st Century Community College
Susan T. Kater and Carrie B. Kisker
Chapter 12 State Fiscal Support for Community Colleges
Jim Palmer and Richard M. Romano
Chapter 13 The Future is Probabl[e]y: The Same but Different
John S. Levin, Susan T. Kater, and Ariadna I. López Damián
Contributor Bios
Biography
John S. Levin is Professor of Higher Education at the University of California, Riverside, USA.
Susan T. Kater is Associate Vice Chancellor, Institutional Strategy, Research, and Effectiveness at Maricopa County Community College District, and Adjunct Faculty at Northern Arizona University, USA.
Praise for the First Edition "The thoughtful perspectives presented in this important book constitute an innovative, experiential view of the community college as a site of promise and contest. This should be required reading for anyone seeking to better understand these complex and essential institutions."
--Brian Pusser, Associate Professor of Higher Education, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, USA
