Cox, Rebecca2019-12-192019-12-192005-08-01http://hdl.handle.net/10919/96099Relying on data from an in-depth study of 15 community colleges, this article explores online education through the lens of institutional theory. This theoretical perspective highlights the colleges' environmental contexts and offers a critical examination of the ways that the institutional contexts have structured the colleges' approaches to online education.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalcommunity collegesonline educationacademic achievementArticlehttps://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/media/k2/attachments/online-education-institutional-myth.pdf