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So Do Values: A Critical Discourse Analysis Of Quality Matters, Paul G. Nagy Iii
So Do Values: A Critical Discourse Analysis Of Quality Matters, Paul G. Nagy Iii
Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs
In the first part of the 21st century, community colleges in the U.S. have embraced exclusively online coursework as a major part of their curriculum. Yet students at community colleges face a variety of impediments--including socioeconomic and cultural barriers--to their success in online coursework, and research at community colleges has revealed that success in those online courses has varied widely for the diverse student populations of those colleges. Such selective success of students lends itself to inquiry regarding why online learning has become such a prominent educational arrangement at community colleges. A review of the history and policy context …