Defending the Community College Equity Agenda

From: Journal of College Student Development | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: Townsend, Barbara K | Copyright information

Defending the Community College Equity Agenda Thomas Bailey and Vanessa Smith Morest (eds.) Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006, 328 pages, $45.00 (hardcover)

The title of this book, Defending the Community College Equity Agenda, immediately reveals its purpose: to endorse the community college's efforts to ensure that everyone has an equitable opportunity to enter and succeed in higher education. This defense includes measuring the community college's role in providing...

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