Community Colleges and Their Students

1. Introduction
John S. Levin, Virginia Montero-Hernandez

2. Community Colleges Seen from an Organizational-Cultural Perspective: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations
John S. Levin, Virginia Montero-Hernandez

3. The Construction of Educational Experiences: Elements and Dynamics of the Complexity of College Life at Bakersfield College
John S. Levin, Virginia Montero-Hernandez

4. Organizational Culture and Organizational Identity: Constructions of Student Accommodation in Community College of Denver
John S. Levin, Virginia Montero-Hernandez

5. Discourses of Democratization: Students’ Upward Mobility and the University Transfer Approach at Borough of Manhattan Community College
John S. Levin, Virginia Montero-Hernandez

6. Overlooked Differentiation and Student Categorization: The Hybrid Identity and the Climate of Isolation in Wake Technical Community College
John S. Levin, Virginia Montero-Hernandez

7. Strategic Planning and the Struggle to Generate a Responsive College: Differential Effects upon the Development of the Student Body at Harry Truman College in Illinois
John S. Levin, Virginia Montero-Hernandez

8. Organizational Change and Student Accommodation: Edmonds Community College as an Adaptive-Responsive Organization
John S. Levin, Virginia Montero-Hernandez

9. Forging Student Identity: Socialization, Development, and Contextual Tensions in Community Colleges
John S. Levin, Virginia Montero-Hernandez

10. Conclusions
John S. Levin, Virginia Montero-Hernandez

Avainsanat: Education, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education, Higher Education, Curriculum Studies