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Download full textBailey, Thomas R.; Morest, Vanessa Smith – Community College Research Center, 2004
Community colleges are complex institutions serving a multitude of constituencies with dozens of programs and activities. However, this was not always the case; community colleges (once called junior colleges) were initiated a century ago with the focused purpose of providing the first two years of a four-year college education. The concept of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Organizational Effectiveness, Cost Effectiveness, Organizational Objectives
Alfonso, Mariana; Bailey, Thomas R.; Scott, Marc – 2003
This study asks if occupational education bestows advantages or disadvantages on the students who pursue it, and how the educational experiences of occupational students compare to the experiences of students in academic programs. The authors used the Beginning Postsecondary Student Longitudinal Study of 1989-94 and 1995-98 to analyze educational…
Descriptors: Academic Degrees, Community Colleges, Job Training, Labor Force Development
