Economic Inequality, Neoliberalism, and the American Community College

• Main Author: Sullivan, Patrick (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Sociology of Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.

This book aims to deepen public understanding of the community college and to challenge our longstanding reliance on a deficit model for defining this important, powerful, and transformative institution. Featuring a unique combination of data and research, Sullivan seeks to help redefine, update, an...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Scott Kiley
• Chapter 2 Julie Larkin
• Chapter 3 Eddie Rivera
• Chapter 4 Sarah Brihan
• Chapter 5 Ashley Partyka
• Chapter 6 Chhan D. Touch
• Chapter 7 Bethany Silver
• Chapter 8 Tim Taylor
• Chapter 9 Sabina Mamedova
• Chapter 10 Matt Dicks
• Chapter 11 Democracy's Unfinished Business
• Chapter 12 “Socialism Means Slavery”: Economic Theory, Neoliberalism, and Higher Education
• Chapter 13 The Imaginary Universe of Perfect Competition
• Chapter 14 Different Psychological Worlds
• Chapter 15 Connecticut's PA 12-40 and “Undeserving” Students
• Chapter 16 Freedom, Unfreedom, and the “Common Good”
• Chapter 17 A Stealth Revolution
• Chapter 18 Measuring “Success” at Open Admissions Institutions
• Chapter 19 Diverted Dreams, Cruel Hoaxes, and Institutional Ineffectiveness: The Community College “Failure” Narrative
• Chapter 20 The Consequences of a Deified Market Model
• Chapter 21 Literacy in American Lives
• Chapter 22 Conclusion.