 Second Best: The Crisis of the Community Collegereviewed by Joseph N. Hankin - 1977  Title: Second Best: The Crisis of the Community CollegeAuthor(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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