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Education, Humanistic --- Renaissance --- History

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In the past two decades, US community colleges have undergone a profound change, shifting emphasis from liberal-arts transfer courses to terminal vocational programs. Drawing on developments nationwide as well as in the specific case of Massachusetts, Steven Brint and Jerome Karabel offer a history of community colleges in America, explaining why this shift has occurred after years of student resistance.

Community colleges --- Education, Higher --- Education, Humanistic --- Vocational education --- Education, Vocational --- Vocational training --- Work experience --- Education --- Technical education --- Education, Liberal --- Humanistic education --- Liberal arts education --- Liberal education --- Classical education --- Community junior colleges --- Local junior colleges --- Municipal junior colleges --- Public community colleges --- Public junior colleges --- Public two-year colleges --- Two-year colleges --- Junior colleges --- Public universities and colleges --- History