Defending the Community College Equity AgendaBook by: Thomas Bailey & Vanessa Smith Morest — 2006In this book, CCRC researchers analyze how colleges have tried to improve their performance with respect to low-income students, students of color, and nontraditional students, given the challenges that their students face. View Abstract | Purchase at Amazon.comASHE Reader on Community CollegesBook by: Barbara K. Townsend, Debra Bragg, Kevin Dougherty, Frankie Laanan & Berta Vigil Laden — 2005This compilation features recent research publications on a variety of community college topics. Published by: Pearson Publishing.To Order this Book: 1-800-922-0579.View Abstract | Purchase at Amazon.comThe Education Gospel: The Economic Power of SchoolingBook by: W. Norton Grubb & Marvin Lazerson — 2004In this hard-hitting history of "the gospel of education," W. Norton Grubb and Marvin Lazerson reveal the allure, and the fallacy, of the longstanding American faith that more schooling for more people is the remedy for all our social and economic problems--and that the central purpose of education is workplace preparation. View Abstract | Purchase at Amazon.comWorking Knowledge: Learning and Education ReformBook by: Thomas Bailey, Katherine L. Hughes & David Thornton Moore — 2003Based on over five years of research on work-based learning in high school and community college programs across the country, Working Knowledge explores the potential for using work-based learning as part of a broad education reform strategy. View Abstract | Purchase at Amazon.comCommunity College Movement in Perspective: Teachers College Responds to the Truman CommissionBook by: Thomas Bailey & Martin S. Quigley — 2003This work offers an historical and contemporary structure covering The Truman Commission, the U.S. Scene in 1947, guidelines for the establishment of two-year colleges, and the enduring role played by Teachers College.View Abstract | Purchase at Amazon.comBuilding a People's University in South Africa: Race, Compensatory Education, and the Limits of Democratic Reform (History of Schools and Schooling, V. 13)Book by: Gregory Anderson — 2002This book chronicles the transformation of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) from a so-called bush college, originally designated under apartheid for the education of Coloured (mixed-race) students, to South Africa’s first non-racial, open admissions tertiary institution.View Abstract | Purchase at Amazon.comThe Roles of Evaluation for Education and Training: Plain Talk on the Field of DreamsBook by: W. Norton Grubb & Paul Ryan — 1999This book focuses on the why and how of evaluation and discusses the use and abuse of available evaluation results in policy-making.View Abstract | Purchase at Amazon.comHonored but Invisible: An Inside Look at Teaching in Community CollegesBook by: W. Norton Grubb, Helena Worthen, Barbara Byrd, Elnora Webb, Norena Badway & Associates — 1999Based on the most extensive research on community college teaching to date, this book examines the nature of teaching and the institutional forces that shape it in a variety of course settings, ranging from innovative approaches to complex subjects to conventional didactic instruction. View Abstract | Purchase at Amazon.comEducation through Occupations in American High Schools: Volume II, The Challenges of Implementing Curriculum IntegrationBook by: W. Norton Grubb — 1995This is the second book in a series about occupational education in US high schools edited by CCRC Reseacher Norton Grubb.View Abstract | Purchase at Amazon.comEducation Through Occupations in American High Schools: Volume I, Approaches to Integrating Academic and Vocational EducationBook by: W. Norton Grubb — 1995This is the first book in a series about occupational education in US high schools edited by CCRC Reseacher Norton Grubb.View Abstract | Purchase at Amazon.comThe Contradictory College: The Conflicting Origins, Impacts, and Futures of the Community CollegeBook by: Kevin Dougherty — 1994This book systematically analyzes the evidence on four key issues that have divided commentators on the community college: The community college's impact on students, business, and the universities; the factors behind its rise since 1900; the causes of its swift vocationalization after 1960; and what direction the community college should take in the future.
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