mmunity college's collegiate function. If the student is to be prepared to leave the community college prepared for higher education, the community college must shape both its curriculum and its expectations to fit the abilities of the student entering the community college.
The community college which successfully accomplishes its collegiate function, then, must be aware of the trends and realities of far more than its own limited contexts:
The liberal arts curriculum was inherited from the universities, modified in the direction of general education, and further influenced by student abilities and the universities' shifting requirements (23).
For example, the community colleges have modified their liberal arts curriculum to fit the fact that the students entering the colleges are often not well-prepared for more difficult study. In fact,
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