Economic Inequality, Neoliberalism, and the American Community College

1. Introduction
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Part I. Journeys

2. No Regrets
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3. My Journey
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4. A New Beginning
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5. Everything in Life Has a Cost
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6. Survival and Resilience
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7. The Accident of My Career and Academic Life
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8. The Path I Didn’t Choose
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9. Head Start
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10. Sabina’s Story
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11. No Longer Trapped
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12. Coming in from the Cold
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13. Slim Chances
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14. Recovery
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15. Writing My Way to College
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16. Journey
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17. What Do These Student Success Stories Tell Us?
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Part II. Democracy’s Unfinished Business

18. The Truman Commission Report
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19. Economic Inequality and Higher Education
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20. “Socialism Means Slavery”
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21. Unfreedom
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22. Opportunity Differentials
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23. Different Psychological Worlds, Part 1
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24. Different Psychological Worlds, Part 2
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25. “Ideas About Human Possibilities”: Connecticut’s PA 12–40 and Developmental Education in the Era of Neoliberalism
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Part III. The Public Good

26. A Brief History of the Public Good
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27. The Consequences of a Deified Market Model
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28. Development as Freedom
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29. Measuring “Success” at Open Admissions Institutions
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30. Diverted Dreams, Cruel Hoaxes, and Institutional Ineffectiveness: The Community College “Failure” Narrative
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31. The Developmental Education Crisis
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Part IV. Conclusion

32. Conclusion: “To Do” List
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