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ERIC Number: EJ390779
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Community, Technical, and Junior Colleges: Are They Leaving Higher Education?
Clowes, Darrel A.; Levin, Bernard H.
Journal of Higher Education, v60 n3 p349-55 May-Jun 1989
An examination of community college mission is presented. The academic transfer program at the community college is atrophying; the curriculum at all nonselective institutions is becoming increasingly occupationally and technically oriented; and the transfer function is increasingly a transfer from an occupational curriculum to an occupational curriculum. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Change, Institutional Mission, Proprietary Schools, Technical Institutes, Trend Analysis, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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