Community colleges in the United States: Are they a model for Britain?

International Journal of Lifelong Education

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 225-235

  Morgan, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 50449108547     PISSN: 02601370     EISSN: 1464519X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026013700293278     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Aldcroft, D. H., 1992. Education, Training and Economic Performance:1944 to 1990, Manchester:Manchester University Press.
2. Ashton, D., and Green, F., 1996. Education, Training and the Global Economy, Cheltenham, England:Edward Elgar and USA:Brookfield.
3. Badway, N., and Grubb, W. N., 1997. Curriculum Integration and the Multiple Domains of Career Preparation:A sourcebook for Reshaping the Community College, Berkeley, CA:University of California.
4. Barnett, C., 1986. The Audit of War:The Illusion and Reality of Britain as a Great Nation, London:Macmillan.
5. Barnett, C., 1991. The educational battle begins, 120 years too late. The Sunday Times, May 26
6. Barker, P., 1999. Canute enrage. The Times Literary Supplement, June 25
7. Bell, D., 1973. The Coming of Post Industrial Society, Harmondsworth:Penguin.
8. Bliss, I., and Garbett, J., 1990. “ Learning lessons from abroad ”. In Technical Education and the State Since 1850:Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, Edited by:Summerfield, P., and Evans, E. J., 189–216. Manchester and New York:Manchester University Press.
9. Brewer, J. A., 1999. Integration of academic and occupational education in community/technical colleges. ERIC Digest, 9901:1–5.
10. Brint, S., and Karabel, J., 1989. The Diverted Dream:Community Colleges and the Promise of Educational Opportunity in America, 1900–1985, New York:Oxford University Press.
11. Britton, A., 1995. Education and inequality. National Institute Economic Review, February:6–7.
12. Cantor, L., 1989. The American community colleges:A time of reappraisal. Studies in Higher Education, 14:309–319.
13. Coffield, F., ed. Higher education in a learning society. Paper presented at St. Edmund Hall. June.26–27, Oxford.
14. Cohen, A. M., 1989. What next for the community colleges? An ERIC review. Community College Review, 17:53–58.
15. Cohen, A. M., and Brawer, F. B., 1989. The American Community College, 2nd Edn, San Francisco:Jossey-Bass.
16. Cohen, N., 1999. Cruel Britannia, 116London:Verso.
17. Columbia University. 1942. Report of the Commission on Post-War Training and Adjustment:A Statement of Principles Relating to the Educational Problems of Returning Soldiers, Sailors, and Displaced War Industry Workers, New York:Institute of Adult Education, Teachers College, Columbia University.
18. Copa, G. H., and Ammentorp, W., 1997. A New Vision For the Two Year Institution of Higher Education:Preparing for a Changing World, Berkeley, CA:University of California.
19. Cox, A. B., and Dyson, A. E., eds. 1971. The Black Papers on Education, London:Davis Poynter.
20. Crosland, C. A. R., 1956. The Future of Socialism, London:Cape.
21. Dahrendorf, R., 1959. Class and Class Conflict in Industrial Society, London:Routledge and Kegan Paul.
22. Edmonds, C. F., 1993. General education in occupational programs:The barriers can be surmounted. New Directions for Community Colleges, 81:85–91.
23. Finegold, D., McFarland, L., and Richardson, W., eds. 1993. Something Borrowed, Something Learned? The Transatlantic Market in Education and Training Reform, Washington, DC:Brookings Institution.
24. Giddens, A., 1994. Beyond Left and Right:the Future of Radical Politics, Cambridge, England:Polity Press.
25. Green, A., 1997. Education, Globalization and the Nation State, Basingstoke:Macmillan.
26. Griffith, M., and Connor, A., 1994. Democracy's Open Door:The Community College in America's Future, Portsmouth, NH:Boynton/Cook Publishers Heinemann.
27. Hearn, J. C., 1997. “ Research on higher education in a mass and diversified system:The case of the United States ”. In Higher Education Research at the Turn of the New Century:Structures, Issues, and Trends, Edited by:Sadlak, J., and Altbach, P. G., 271–320. Paris/New York/London:UNESCO Publishing/Garland Publishing Inc.
28. Heidenheimer, A. J., Heclo, H., and Adams, C. T., 1990. Comparative Pubic Policy:The Politics of Social Choice in America, Europe and Japan, 3rd Edn, Basingstoke/New York:Macmillan/St. Martin's Press.
29. Higher Education. 1963. Higher Education:Report of the Committee on Higher Education, 7 vols. 1963–1964, Cmnd., 2154 London:Robbins Report. HMSO
30. Illinois Task Force. 1997. Blurring the Lines:Integrating Academic and Occupational Instruction at the Community College, Springfield:Illinois Community College Board.
31. Jacobs, J., 1993. Vocational education and general education:new relationship or shotgun marriage?. New Directions for Community Colleges, 81:75–84.
32. Jary, D., Gatley, D. A., and Broadbent, L., 1999. “ The US community college:a positive or negative model for UK higher education ”. In The New Higher Education:Issues and Directions for the Post-Dearing University, Edited by:Jary, D., and Parker, M., Staffordshire, England:Staffordshire University Press.
33. Kogan, M., ed. 1971. The Politics of Education:Edward Boyle and Anthony Crosland in Conversation with Maurice Kogan, Harmandsworth:Penguin.
34. Lipset, S. M., 1964. The First New Nation, London:Heinemann.
35. Liveright, A. A., 1968. A Study of Adult Education in the United States, Boston:Center for the study of the liberal education of adults.
36. Minty, M., 1990. Adding a third year to diploma programs:‘necessary or nice? ’, Canada:Post secondary Division. Department of Education, Government of Newfoundland. Unpublished issue paper
37. Morgan, W. J., 1996. Educational policy making in Britain:an interview with Sir Ron Dearing. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 15:311–324.
38. Morgan, W. J., 1997a. International comparisons in international education and training. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 16:243–246.
39. Morgan, W. J., 1997b. Educational policy making in Britain:An interview with David Blunkett MP. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 16:434–463.
40. National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education. 1997a. Higher Education in the Learning Society. Main Report, London:NCIHE.
41. National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education. 1997b. Higher Education in the Learning Society. Report on National Consultation, London:NCIHE.
42. Parker, S., and Morgan, W. J., 1999. The legal framework for further and higher education in England and Wales, European Manual of Continuing Education, 1–10. Germany:Luchterhand Verlag, Neuwied. Part 50.40.20
43. Phillips, D., 1993. “ Borrowing educational policy ”. In Something Borrowed, Something Learned? The Transatlantic Market in Education and Training Reform, Edited by:Finegold, D., 13–19. Washington, DC:Brookings Institution.
44. Pierson, C., 1990. The ‘exceptional’ United States:First new nation or last welfare state?. Social Policy and Administration, 24:186–198.
45. Prais, S. J., 1993. Economic Performance and Education:The Nature of Britain's Deficiencies, Discussion Paper No. 52 2National Institute of Economic Research.
46. Rowntree Foundation. 1995. Inquiry into Income and Wealth, 2 Vols, York:Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
47. Sadler, M., 1900. “ How far can we learn anything of practical value from the study of foreign systems of education? Address of 20 October ”. In Selections from Michael Sadler, Edited by:Higginson, J. H., Liverpool, England:Dejall and Meyorre.
48. Sanderson, M., 1999. Education and Economic Decline in Britain, 1870 to the 1990s, Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.
49. Shackelton, J. R., Clarke, L., Lange, T., and Walsh, S., 1995. Training for Employment in Western Europe and the United States, Aldershot, England:Edward Elgar. Brookfield, USA
50. Stubblefield, H. W., and Keane, P., 1994. Adult education in the American experience:From the colonial period to the present, San Francisco:Jossey-Bass.
51. Sweetland, S. R., 1996. Human capital theory:foundations of a field of inquiry. Review of Educational Research, 66:341–359.
52. Teahen, R. C., 1996. Curriculum models:Integration of academic and occupational content, ED.399998
53. United States President's Commissionon Higher Education. 1948. Higher Education for American Democracy, New York:Harper Bros. The Truman Commission originally released on 11 December 1947
54. United States National Center for Education Statistics. 1992. National Post Secondary Statistics, Collegiate and Non-Collegiate Fall 1991, Washington, DC:Government Printing Office.
55. Watkins, K. E., 1989. “ Business and industry ”. In Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education Edited by:Merriam, S. B., and Cunningham, P. M., San Francisco
56. van der Werf, M., 1999. For community colleges, fund raising has become serious and successful. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 9:A42–A43.
57. Wessel, D., 1999. A community college hopes to answer call of the global economy. The Wall Street Journal, 28 May
58. White Paper. June 1999. Learning to succeed:A New Framework for Post-16 Learning, Cm 4392 June, London
59. Wiener, M. J., 1985. English Culture and the Decline of the Industrial Spirit, 1850–1950, Harmandsworth:Penguin.