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ERIC Number: EJ248873
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981
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Community College Responsiveness: Myth or Reality?
Zoglin, Mary Lou
Journal of Higher Education, v52 n4 p415-26 Jul-Aug 1981
Ways that community colleges have adapted curricula to keep pace with social change are reviewed. A study of nearly 1,000 courses reveals that community influences help determine the curriculum in areas such as occupational and community/general education, while the professional staff retains dominion over the transfer and developmental curricula. (Author/LB)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Educational Change, School Community Relationship, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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