DEIL-AMEN, Regina; ROSENBAUM, James E
The Social Prerequisites of Success : cam college structure reduce the need for social know-how - Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, March 2003
A study of fourteeen colleges finds that community coleges require certain kinds of social know-how - skills and knowledge less available to disadvantaged students. They present seven obstacles: (1) bureaucratic hurdless, (2) confusing choices, (3) student-initiated guidance, (4) limited counselor availability, (5) poor advice from staff, handling of conflicting demands. However, we find that a very different kind of college - the private occupational college - takes steps to structure out the needs of disadvantaged students. We speculate about possible policy implications
Community Colleges
Proprietary
Cultural Capital
Higher Education
College Students
Dropout
The Social Prerequisites of Success : cam college structure reduce the need for social know-how - Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, March 2003
A study of fourteeen colleges finds that community coleges require certain kinds of social know-how - skills and knowledge less available to disadvantaged students. They present seven obstacles: (1) bureaucratic hurdless, (2) confusing choices, (3) student-initiated guidance, (4) limited counselor availability, (5) poor advice from staff, handling of conflicting demands. However, we find that a very different kind of college - the private occupational college - takes steps to structure out the needs of disadvantaged students. We speculate about possible policy implications
Community Colleges
Proprietary
Cultural Capital
Higher Education
College Students
Dropout
