TY - JOUR
AU - Townsend, Barbara K.
AB - Review Essay The Contradictory College: The Conflicting Origins, Impacts, and Futures of the Community College, by Kevin J . Dougherty. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994. 315+ pp. $64.50 (21.95) BARBAR A K . TOWNSEN D As a former community college faculty member and a current enthusiast of the community college, I was prepared to be critical of Kevin Dougherty's The Community College. I thought it would be one more elitist critique denigrating the institution for not be­ ing more like a four-year school. After reading it, I believe it is a "must read" book for all who seek to understand factors influencing the de­ velopment of the community college. Dougherty's purpose is to "resolve the debate between the critics and defenders of the community college" (p. 7) on the fundamental issues of the institution's origins, impacts, and missions. To achieve this pur­ pose, he delineates the major and oppositional positions on three ques­ tions: (1) what are the community college's impacts on students, busi­ ness, and elite universities, (2) what are the origins of the community college, and (3) what are the origins of its current emphasis on occupa­ tional education? As part of his resolution, 
TI - The Contradictory College: The Conflicting Origins, Impacts, and Futures of the Community College
JF - The Journal of Higher Education
DO - 10.1080/00221546.1996.11780265
DA - 1996-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/the-contradictory-college-the-conflicting-origins-impacts-and-futures-FrBLSYjg70
SP - 359
EP - 364
VL - 67
IS - 3
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