Community Colleges and the Politics of Sociospatial Scale

Autor/in	Ayers, David F.
Titel	Community Colleges and the Politics of Sociospatial Scale
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 62 (2011) 3, S.303-314 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-010-9388-5
Schlagwörter	Economic Development; Community Colleges; Measures (Individuals); Higher Education; Institutional Mission; Learner Engagement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Community college; Community College; Messdaten; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	In an analysis of 421 community college mission statements, I demonstrate how community colleges recontextualize a dominant discourse in which economic activity at the global scale transcends regulation, the nation-state lacks the moral authority to influence markets, and local communities have no choice but to adapt. Findings suggest that the community college has appropriated economic development as a mission priority and tacitly accommodated scalar relations typical of post-Fordism. On the other hand, a rival hypothesis suggests a competing trend in which colleges prepare and empower students to engage in sociopolitical processes at a global scale. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10