Urban Community Colleges: UCLA Community College Bibliography

This item is an annotated bibliography by Amy Liu published in Volume 31, Issue 8 (August 2007) of the Community College Journal of Research and Practice. Subscription to the journal or a set of subscriptions may be required for access.

The following references provide an overview of recent scholarship concerning students, faculty, and curriculum at urban community colleges. Organizational and institutional studies of urban community colleges are also included in this bibliography. The research below addresses important issues of student retention, faculty turnover, academic success, and minority populations. Urban community colleges provide higher education opportunities for significant numbers of students and, therefore, it is important to better understand their mission as well as to assess the effectiveness of programs offered. The citations below provide an ideal starting point for further personalized research on urban community colleges.