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Grigorieff, Matt – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2016
As a result of the economic recession, the State of California has set in motion new policies for its community college system known as the Student Success Act, fundamentally altering open-access (Yamagata-Noji, 2014; Bennett et. al. 2013). Individuals most vulnerable to the policy shift are under-represented college students who constitute the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, State Policy, Educational Policy, At Risk Students
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Malagon, Maria C.; Alvarez, Crystal R. – Harvard Educational Review, 2010
Drawing from extensive oral history interviews with five Chicana women, Malagon and Alvarez (re)conceptualize the way educational scholarship defines "high achieving." As attendees of California continuation high schools, all five women defy societal expectations by moving from these alternative educational spaces to community colleges,…
Descriptors: Continuation Students, Oral History, Critical Theory, Females