Books by Barbara K. Townsend

Public community colleges in the United States enroll approximately 6 million students, about 45 percent of all undergraduates. These students are taught by nearly four hundred thousand full- and part-time faculty members, about whom little is known. The community college professoriat is truly overlooked in the research on postsecondary faculty.

This text addresses the various federal, state, and institutional policies affecting community colleges and speculates about future policy options within the current policy context.