TY - JOUR
T1 - The flattening of literacy
T2 - Community colleges and skills training
AU - Pennell, Michael
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - Community colleges occupy a contradictory position in the rise of globalization. They are at once both local and global institutions. This essay examines the complicated location of community colleges in local economies through the developing community college system in Indiana. In particular, it highlights the horizontal transitions of a growing number of students through community colleges and the impact of suchtransitions on the framing of literacy education.
AB - Community colleges occupy a contradictory position in the rise of globalization. They are at once both local and global institutions. This essay examines the complicated location of community colleges in local economies through the developing community college system in Indiana. In particular, it highlights the horizontal transitions of a growing number of students through community colleges and the impact of suchtransitions on the framing of literacy education.
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U2 - 10.1080/10668920701876865
DO - 10.1080/10668920701876865
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79952402468
SN - 1066-8926
VL - 35
SP - 312
EP - 329
JO - Community College Journal of Research and Practice
JF - Community College Journal of Research and Practice
IS - 4
ER -