Economic Inequality, Neoliberalism, and the American Community College

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Introduction....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-18
No Regrets....Pages 19-23
My Journey....Pages 25-29
A New Beginning....Pages 31-33
Everything in Life Has a Cost....Pages 35-38
Survival and Resilience....Pages 39-58
The Accident of My Career and Academic Life....Pages 59-66
The Path I Didn’t Choose....Pages 67-70
Head Start....Pages 71-73
Sabina’s Story....Pages 75-88
No Longer Trapped....Pages 89-91
Coming in from the Cold....Pages 93-96
Slim Chances....Pages 97-99
Recovery....Pages 101-109
Writing My Way to College....Pages 111-122
Journey....Pages 123-129
What Do These Student Success Stories Tell Us?....Pages 131-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
The Truman Commission Report....Pages 145-151
Economic Inequality and Higher Education....Pages 153-164
“Socialism Means Slavery”....Pages 165-175
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Unfreedom....Pages 177-193
Opportunity Differentials....Pages 195-203
Different Psychological Worlds, Part 1....Pages 205-220
Different Psychological Worlds, Part 2....Pages 221-240
“Ideas About Human Possibilities”: Connecticut’s PA 12–40 and Developmental Education in the Era of Neoliberalism....Pages 241-271
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
A Brief History of the Public Good....Pages 275-293
The Consequences of a Deified Market Model....Pages 295-310
Development as Freedom....Pages 311-321
Measuring “Success” at Open Admissions Institutions....Pages 323-340
Diverted Dreams, Cruel Hoaxes, and Institutional Ineffectiveness: The Community College “Failure” Narrative....Pages 341-355
The Developmental Education Crisis....Pages 357-372
Front Matter....Pages 373-373
Conclusion: “To Do” List....Pages 375-397
Back Matter....Pages 399-432