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Fincher, Mark Edward; Weems, Selah; Harrision, Miranda; Harrison, Zachary; Kelly, Chris; Sumrall, Flora; Wallace, Lyle – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
Mississippi has the oldest state-wide system of public 2-year colleges in the USA. The story of the creation of the community college system in Mississippi is both complex and powerful. Founded upon the combination of the needs of rural students, the challenge of poor transportation, and a serendipitous conference side-trip, the college system has…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational History, Rural Areas, Racial Relations
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Dache-Gerbino, Amalia; White, Julie A. – Community College Review, 2016
Objective: This study illustrates how external factors of urban and suburban racializations contribute to criminalization and surveillance of an urban community college campus and bus shelters surrounding it. Method: A postcolonial geographic research design is used to analyze geographic and qualitative data. Results: Results show that an urban…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Urban Schools, Suburban Schools
Johnson, Melissa; Bashay, Molly; Bergson-Shilcock, Amanda – National Skills Coalition, 2019
The ethnic and racial diversity of the residents of the United States of America is one of the country's unique strengths; however, Black, Latinx, Pacific Islander, Native, and certain Asian American workers face wide racial inequities in educational attainment, employment, and income. Additional workforce policies are needed now to counter…
Descriptors: Ethnic Diversity, Minority Groups, Racial Bias, Equal Education