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Pluviose, David – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2006
Every major city in every state in the country has a public community college, as do U.S. territories such as Guam and Puerto Rico. President Bush, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan and civic and business leaders of all stripes are increasingly talking up community colleges as critical to training U.S. workers for ever-changing job needs in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Access to Education, Urban Education, Minority Groups
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2010
This paper discusses the importance of institutionalizing practices that promote equitable outcomes for all students within the vast California Community College (CCC) system. The CCC system, which annually provides educational opportunities for almost three million students, exists at the heart of the state economy and future labor pool. Because…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Community Colleges, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education
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Hagedorn, Linda Serra; Chi, Winny (YanFang); Cepeda, Rita M.; McLain, Melissa – Research in Higher Education, 2007
The community college has historically functioned as a primary access point to postsecondary education for Latino students. This study, an investigation conducted through an analysis of the Transfer and Retention of Urban Community College Students (TRUCCS) project, focuses on Latino students enrolled in urban "minority-majority" community…
Descriptors: College Students, Urban Education, Academic Achievement, Cultural Influences