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ERIC Number: EJ367856
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980
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Community Development and Remediation: Third World Policy Issues at Community Colleges.
Colley, Barry
Community Review, v4 n1 p18-22 Spr 1980
Discusses remedial education's relationship to inherent inequalities in American economic and social stratification, arguing that remedial programs often delay or hinder the entrance of educationally disadvantaged students into postsecondary curricula. Advocates community control of basic skills remediation and curriculum development as a means of remediating the structural imbalances of U.S. society. (DMM)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Colleges, Community Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Equal Education, Minority Groups, Remedial Programs, Social Change, Social Stratification, Socioeconomic Influences, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Available from Community Review, Transaction Periodicals Consortium, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.