Objective: Community colleges have long made higher education more accessible to students from diverse academic backgrounds, particularly those who are academically underprepared and require remediation. In light of developmental education (DE) reform, our article answers the following questions: How do campus personnel articulate the unique mission of Florida’s state colleges, formerly known as community colleges? Furthermore, how do they perceive the mandates of reform to have shaped their ability to carry out this mission? Method: This work is based on an embedded case study of 10 Florida College System institutions. Qualitative data were gathered between 2014 and 2018 from 544 college presidents, administrators, faculty, staff through 92 focus groups and 8 interviews. Results: Campus personnel strongly affirmed the mission of the Florida Colleges System as one of democratic equality. However, many were concerned that DE reform, namely Senate Bill 1720, prioritized efficiency over equality in the pursuit of cost savings. Specifically, participants expressed frustration that reforms accelerated DE coursework to an unmanageable pace and ignored the presence of a digital divide. Opinions of DE reform improved in the 4 years following implementation, but some concern persisted. Contributions: Our findings highlight the centrality of democratic equality to the community college mission for campus personnel. They also suggest that equality and efficiency need not always be opposing goals in education reform. Finally, they call into question social policy that universally promotes accelerated and computer-based courses without considering that some students may require accommodations.

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平等、效率和发展性教育改革：SB 1720 对佛罗里达大学系统使命的影响

目标：社区学院长期以来一直让来自不同学术背景的学生更容易接受高等教育，尤其是那些在学业上准备不足并需要补习的学生。鉴于发展教育 (DE) 改革，我们的文章回答了以下问题：校园人员如何阐明佛罗里达州立大学（以前称为社区大学）的独特使命？此外，他们如何看待改革的任务影响了他们执行这一使命的能力？方法：这项工作基于对 10 个佛罗里达大学系统机构的嵌入式案例研究。定性数据是在 2014 年至 2018 年期间通过 92 个焦点小组和 8 次访谈从 544 名大学校长、行政人员、教职员工、员工那里收集的。结果：校园人员强烈肯定佛罗里达大学系统作为民主平等之一的使命。然而，许多人担心 DE 改革，即参议院第 1720 号法案，在追求成本节约时优先考虑效率而不是平等。具体而言，参与者对改革将 DE 课程作业加速到无法控制的速度并忽略了数字鸿沟的存在表示失望。在实施后的 4 年中，对 DE 改革的看法有所改善，但仍存在一些担忧。贡献：我们的研究结果强调了民主平等对于校园人员社区大学使命的核心意义。他们还建议，平等和效率不一定总是对立的教育改革目标。最后，