Community Colleges: Some Tentative Hypotheses.

Riesman, David

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ERIC Number: EJ218038

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Publication Date: 1978

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Community Colleges: Some Tentative Hypotheses.

Riesman, David

Community Services Catalyst, v8 n2 p1-5 Spr 1978

Discusses several problems and failures of community colleges related to: encouraging students not to break with the home and peer milieux of secondary school; articulation and orientation of transfer students; vocational tracking; attrition; students' poor self-concepts; inadequate academic advising; and competition for postsecondary enrollments. (AYC)

Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Choice, College Role, Community Colleges, Dropout Rate, Educational Counseling, Persistence, School Holding Power, Self Concept, Student Attitudes, Student Problems, Transfer Students, Two Year Colleges

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