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ERIC Number: EJ691992
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Feb
Pages: 13
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 24
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1066-8926
Marginal or Monumental? Visibility of Community Colleges in Selected Higher-Education Journals
Townsend, Barbara K.; Donaldson, Joe; Wilson, Tim
Community College Journal of Research and Practice, v29 n2 p123-135 Feb 2005
Academic journals shape a field by including certain topics and excluding others.The purpose of this study was to explore in 5 higher-education journals published during 1990-2003 the visibility and the use of community colleges as research sites. Findings indicated an extremely limited visibility of community colleges, with use of community colleges as research sites varying from essential to opportunistic.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Periodicals, Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Journal Articles, Educational Research, Research Methodology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Two Year Colleges
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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