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Second Best: The Crisis of the Community Collegereviewed by Joseph N. Hankin - 1977 Title: Second Best: The Crisis of the Community College Author(s): L. Steven Zwerling Publisher: McGraw-Hill, New York ISBN: , Pages: 382, Year: 1976 Search for book at Amazon.com This is a refreshing book-refreshing because written by a
community college faculty member who has also done some
administrative work. Too frequently, what we know about the
community junior college has come from either a university
professor or a college president. L. Steven Zwerling, faculty
member and director of an innovative inner-college at Staten Island
Community College in New York, has been able to bring fresh
perspectives to bear on understanding the community junior college.
Unfortunately, however, because he hearkens back to the university
and the institutions with which he is personally most familiar for
his models, serious weaknesses appear in his discussion.
From Mr. Zwerling's point of view, the community college is
essentially a negative institution, although he would readily admit
that it is a positive one from the point of view of a conservative
society in the traditional sense.
In setting the stage for his major thesis, the author notes that
income distribution in our society has remained essentially
unchanged and suggests that higher education... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Joseph Hankin
Westchester Community College Joseph N. Hankin is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Higher and Adult Education at Teachers College and President of Westchester Community College in Valhalla, New York
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