Publisher's Synopsis
Urban community colleges play multiple and challenging roles in thesocial, political, and economic fabric of the nation's metropolitanareas. This issue of New Directions for Community Collegesfeatures case studies of six prototypical urban community collegesystems, exploring how they meet the educational and training needsof an increasingly diverse ethnic and racial community. The studiesshed light on the key issues faced by urban community colleges,including the impact of city, state, and federal forces on thevitality of the college; how to create an urban social agenda withscarce resources; and how to provide equal access to all whilestrengthening accountability.
This is the 107th issue of the Jossey-Bass series NewDirections for Community Colleges.
