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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823333403321

Titolo

Getting to graduation : the completion agenda in higher education / / edited by Andrew P. Kelly & Mark Schneider

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-4214-0693-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KellyAndrew P

SchneiderMark <1946->

Disciplina

378.73

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Aims and objectives - United States

Education and state - United States

Educational change - United States

Educational attainment - United States

College graduates - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The challenges -- pt. 2. The performance and potential of sub-baccalaureate programs -- pt. 3. The relationship between policy and completion -- pt. 4. The lessons from three states.

Sommario/riassunto

The authors emphasize the need to rethink policies governing financial aid, remediation, and institutional funding to promote degree completion.