Community Colleges As Cultural Texts: Qualitative Explorations of Organizational and Student Culture

by Shaw, Kathleen M.

• ISBN13: 9780791442906
• ISBN10: 079144290X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK PRESS

Summary

Community colleges are positioned to play a critical role in the process of upward mobility in American society. Yet despite the "open door" accessibility of these institutions, the question remains as to whether or not community colleges enhance the social mobility of working class and minority students.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Community Colleges as Cultural Texts: A Conceptual Overview	1	(14)
Kathlen M. Shaw
Robert A. Rhoads
James R. Valadez
Cultures of Support for At-Risk Students: The Role of Social and Emotional Capital in the Educational Experiences of Women	15	(24)
Dennis McGrath
William Van Buskirk
The Struggle for Mobility in the Contact Zone of Basic Writing	39	(20)
Stanford T. Goto
Navigating the Raging River: Reconciling Issues of Identity, Inclusion, and Administrative Practice	59	(24)
Marilyn J. Amey
Preparing for Work in a Post-Industrial World: Resistance and Compliance to the Ideological Messages of a Community College	83	(20)
James R. Valadez
The Politics of Culture and Identity: Contrasting Images of Multiculturalism and Monoculturalism	103	(22)
Robert A. Rhoads
``Be a Name, Not a Number'': The Role of Cultural and Social Capital in the Transfer Process	125	(28)
Armando Trujillo
Eusebio Diaz
Defining the Self: Constructions of Identity in Community College Students	153	(20)
Kathleen M. Shaw
Celebratory Socialization of Culturally Diverse Students Through Academic Programs and Support Services	173	(22)
Berta Vigil Laden
Toward a New Vision of the Multicultural Community College for the Next Century	195	(10)
Laura I. Rendon
Contributors	205	(2)
Index	207	(4)
SUNY series, Frontiers in Education	211