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Hachey, Alyse C.; Wladis, Claire W.; Conway, Katherine M. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2013
Open access is central to the Community College mission. For this reason, any restriction in online enrollments should not be undertaken lightly. This study uses institutional data gathered from a large, urban community college to examine a policy aimed at increasing student retention in online courses by restricting those eligible to enroll based…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Urban Schools, School Holding Power
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Huckaby, M. Francyne – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2007
Through the voices of scholars and metalogues, this paper merges the experiences of five professors of education who disrupt the "status quo" with Foucault's scholarship on "practices of the self" and "parrhesia" (the speaking of dangerous truths). The scholars challenge hegemony in education and its effects on…
Descriptors: Justice, Urban Schools, Urban Environment, Cultural Influences