Nontraditional Students and Community Colleges : The Conflict of Justice and Neoliberalism

Focusing On Non-traditional Students In Higher Education Institutions, This New Book From Renowned Scholar John Levin Examines The Extent To Which Community College Students Receive Justice Both Within Their Institution And As An Outcome Of Their Education. Introduction: The Themes Of Justice And Neo-liberalism -- Non-traditional Students In Higher Education -- The Access Mission Of Community Colleges And Their Accommodation Of Non-traditional Students -- Theoretical Frameworks -- The Study -- Social Contexts, Goals, And Motivations Of Non-traditional Community College Students -- Strategies And Actions Of Community Colleges As Well As Their Behaviors In Accommodating Non-traditional Students -- Organizational Arrangements: Continuing Education, Community Education, And Lifelong Learning -- Justice And Non-traditional Community College Students. John S. Levinches Includes Bibliographical References (pages 203-217) And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-vii Introduction....Pages 1-20 Nontraditional Students in Higher Education....Pages 21-44 Theoretical Frameworks....Pages 45-64 Multiple Identities, Multiple Motivations and Goals, and the Student-Institution Disconnection....Pages 65-89 The Ways in Which Students Experience College....Pages 91-109 Student Characteristics and Institutional Contexts: The Nexus of Student Experience and Attainment....Pages 111-135 Strategies and Actions of Community Colleges, and Their Behaviors, in Accommodating Nontraditional Students....Pages 137-161 Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning....Pages 163-184 Justice and New Nontraditional Community College Students....Pages 185-201 Back Matter....Pages 203-270 "Nontraditional Students and Community Colleges offers new understandings of nontraditional and disadvantaged students in higher education institutions and approaches the purposes of higher education from a justice perspective. John S. Levin argues that increasingly our higher education institutions are adopting neoliberal policies which favor privileged populations. Levin examines the extent to which community college students receive justice both within their institution and as a product of their education and suggests that educational outcomes for students must also include advantaging the disadvantaged."--Jacket Focusing on non-traditional students in higher education institutions, this new book from renowned scholar John Levin examines the extent to which community college students receive justice both within their institution and as an outcome of their education. Focusing on non-traditional students in higher education institutions, this new book from renowned scholar John Levin examines the extent to which community college students receive justice both within their institution and as an outcome of their education