Let’s Reform the American Community College
Let’s find a way to put real diversity into community college teaching/learning experience… From the board room to the lounges, the corporate ethic we have embraced has muzzled the diversity we cheerily profess. Having a compass, a mission, a plan to guide our way is fine. Do we have to be corporate citizens?
Drs. Jeffrey Ross and Jann M. Contento, Axis of Logic
What is the community college? Does much of daily community college behavior and practice mimic the secondary school experience? Do community colleges aspire to have equal reputations—and legacies—as four year colleges and universities? Should community colleges reconsider how they are perceived through the eyes of their K-12 and 14-16 colleagues?
We believe a fundamental dissimilarity exists between the cultures of community colleges and the cultures of four-year colleges and universities. Understanding this variance in culture may help better explain the current “identity crisis” expressed by many observers of today’s community colleges.
