A Lesson from the British Polytechnics for American Community Colleges.

Ward, Cynthia V. L.

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ERIC Number: EJ635634

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Publication Date: 2001

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A Lesson from the British Polytechnics for American Community Colleges.

Ward, Cynthia V. L.

Community College Review, v29 n2 p1-17 Fall 2001

Uses the example of British polytechnic institutions' conversion into universities as a warning to the United States to avoid transforming community colleges into baccalaureate-granting institutions. Asserts that conversion places undue burdens on community colleges while altering their historic mission. (NB)

Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Colleges, Community Colleges, Degrees (Academic), Institutional Cooperation, Institutional Mission, Institutional Survival, Technical Education, Two Year Colleges, Universities, Vocational Schools

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain); United States

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