Community Colleges and New Universities under Neoliberal Pressures O
This book examines seven higher education organizations, exploring their interconnected lines: organizational change and organizational stability. These lines are nested within historical, social, cultural, and political contexts of two nations—the US and
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Community Colleges and New Universities under Neoliberal Pressures
John S. Levin
Community Colleges and New Universities under Neoliberal Pressures Organizational Change and Stability
John S. Levin Graduate School of Education University of California, Riverside Riverside, California, USA
ISBN 978-1-137-48019-4 ISBN 978-1-137-48020-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-48020-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016957720 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover image © A.P.S. (UK) / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Nature America Inc. The registered company address is: 1 New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004, U.S.A.
Preface
Even the title has undergone alteration as I developed the book from start to finish. That is to say that I have fluctuated continually on the content of this book. One main problem was that while the organizations under examination were once community colleges, by the end of the first decade of the 2000s, three of the seven were universities. Initially, “New universities” was not in the title; but it was not valid to name all of these organizations community colleges or to signify that this book addresses community colleges, solely. Indeed, I started with referring to the seven as institutions and then altered this label to read “organizations.” As well as a problem with the book’s title, other problems troubled me as I conceived of, wrote, and re-wrote the book. First was my decision to revisit the organizations of my initial study of the 1990s and the book, Globalizing the Community College. Who had ever done this in higher education? I can think of no one who has done a follow-up book in higher education unless we consider new editions, such as Ernest Pascarella and Patrick Terenzini’s How College Affects Students. And certainly no one has returned to rese
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