A systematic scoping review of the community college literature: 2000–2019

Although community colleges comprise about one-third of all higher education institutions andmore than 50% of all public postsecondary education institutions–and serve important functionsin the U.S. higher education syste–they are often regarded as marginal. This is an argumentscholars have also made in relation to the prevalence of community college-focused scholarship,including in top-tier journals. The purpose of …