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Community colleges as cultural texts : qualitative explorations of organizational and student culture / edited by Kathleen M. Shaw, James R. Valadez, Robert A. Rhoads.

Contributor(s): Shaw, Kathleen M | Valadez, James R | Rhoads, Robert A.
Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY series, frontiers in education: Publisher: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c1999General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 213 p.).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781438419732.; 9780585310541 .Subject(s): Community colleges -- United States -- Administration | Community colleges -- United States -- Sociological aspects | Multicultural education -- United States | Minority college students -- United States | Critical pedagogy -- United States | Educational change -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 378.1/543/0973 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge.
Contents:
Community Colleges as Cultural Texts: A Conceptual Overview -- Cultures of Support for At-Risk Students: The Role of Social and Emotional Capital in the Educational Experiences of Women -- The Struggle for Mobility in the Contact Zone of Basic Writing -- Navigating the Raging River: Reconciling Issues of Identity, Inclusion, and Administrative Practice -- Preparing for Work in a Post-Industrial World: Resistance and Compliance to the Ideological Messages of a Community College -- The Politics of Culture and Identity: Contrasting Images of Multiculturalism and Monoculturalism -- "Be a Name, Not a Number": The Role of Cultural and Social Capital in the Transfer Process -- Defining the Self: Constructions of Identity in Community College Students -- Celebratory Socialization of Culturally Diverse Students Through Academic Programs and Support Services -- Toward a New Vision of the Multicultural Community College for the Next Century.
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Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Community Colleges as Cultural Texts: A Conceptual Overview -- Cultures of Support for At-Risk Students: The Role of Social and Emotional Capital in the Educational Experiences of Women -- The Struggle for Mobility in the Contact Zone of Basic Writing -- Navigating the Raging River: Reconciling Issues of Identity, Inclusion, and Administrative Practice -- Preparing for Work in a Post-Industrial World: Resistance and Compliance to the Ideological Messages of a Community College -- The Politics of Culture and Identity: Contrasting Images of Multiculturalism and Monoculturalism -- "Be a Name, Not a Number": The Role of Cultural and Social Capital in the Transfer Process -- Defining the Self: Constructions of Identity in Community College Students -- Celebratory Socialization of Culturally Diverse Students Through Academic Programs and Support Services -- Toward a New Vision of the Multicultural Community College for the Next Century.

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