Community Colleges

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This paper discusses the benefits of attending a community college or two-year trade school before entering a four-year degree program. It suggests that this will offer the students the opportunity to sharpen their skills and personal interactions, as well as decide what their goals are for the future. The paper describes the history and evolution of community colleges.

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"In addition, to appreciate the nature of community colleges' interconnectedness with other innovations in secondary and higher education, we need a full history of the institution, one that recognizes its early role in the preparation of teachers and its relationship to the restructuring of secondary education. As suggested elsewhere, community college development was not a socially or educationally isolated phenomenon. Original junior colleges came into being at the same time as, and were enabled by, the advent of kindergartens, middle schools, junior high schools, and compulsory secondary education ( Ratcliff ). To fully appreciate and analyze the role and scope of the community college in American higher education, it is necessary to consider all seven streams."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Baker, George A., Judy Dudziak, and Peggy Tyler, eds. A Handbook on the Community College in America: Its History, Mission, and Management. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994.
• Brint S., and J. Karabel. 1989. The diverted dream: Community colleges and the promise of educational opportunity in America, 1900- 1985. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Clowes D A., and B. H. Levin. 1989. Community, junior and technical colleges--Are they leaving higher education?. Journal of Higher Education 60: 349-55.
• Cohen A. M., and F. B. Brawer. 1989. The American community college. 2d ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• King, Jacqueline E. "Academic Success and Financial Decisions: Helping Students Make Crucial Choices." Improving the First Year of College: Research and Practice. Ed. Robert S. Feldman. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005. 3-24.

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