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The Pursuit of Student Success: The Directions and Challenges Facing Community Colleges

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Community colleges are the postsecondary entry point for a diverse set of students including many students of color, those from low-income backgrounds, as well as students with postsecondary dreams but with academic records that will not merit admission to the nation’s elite universities. Using a framework based on the social theories of immigration this chapter shows how community colleges have been an alienated subclass among postsecondary institutions. This chapter argues that the twenty-first century community college must emerge as a respected institution with a unique identity while continuing the types of programs and support structures designed to bolster the success of students who face multiple barriers and stumbling blocks on their path to success.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness—(Declaration of Independence, 1776)

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Hagedorn, L.S. (2010). The Pursuit of Student Success: The Directions and Challenges Facing Community Colleges. In: Smart, J. (eds) Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research. Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8598-6_5

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