The state of college access and completion : improving college success for students from underrepresented groups / / edited by Laura W. Perna and Anthony Jones

• Pubblicazione: New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.1/98
• Soggetto topico: College choice - United States; Universities and colleges - United States - Admission; College costs - United States; Minority college students - United States; Educational attainment - United States
• Classificazione: EDU015000
• Altri autori: JonesAnthony PernaLaura W
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover ; The State of College Access and Completion ; Title Page ; Copyright Page; Table of Contents ; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Improving Postsecondary Access, Persistence, and Completion in the United States: Setting the Stage ; 2 Improving College Access and Choice; 3 Pathways to College for Underserved and Nontraditional Students: Lessons from Research, Policy, and Practice ; 4 Proficiency Approaches for Making More Students College and Career Ready ; 5 The Role of Remedial and Developmental Courses in Access and Persistence ; 6 The Role of Finances in Postsecondary Access and Success7 The Potential of Community Colleges to Increase Bachelor's Degree Attainment Rates ; 8 Longitudinal Pathways to College Persistence and Completion: Student, Institutional, and Public Policy Perspectives ; 9 Access, Persistence, and Completion in the State Context; 10 Nonexperimental Designs and Causal Analyses of College Access, Persistence, and Completion ; 11 Conclusions: Improving College Access, Persistence, and Completion: Lessons Learned ; Contributor Biographies; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: <P>Despite decades of substantial investments by the federal government, state governments, colleges and universities, and private foundations, students from low-income families as well as racial and ethnic minority groups continue to have substantially lower levels of postsecondary educational attainment than individuals from other groups. <I>The State of College Access and Completion </I>draws together leading researchers nationwide to summarize the state of college access and success and to provide recommendations for how institutional leaders and policymakers can effectively improve the en
• Titolo autorizzato: The state of college access and completion
• ISBN: 0-415-66046-7; 1-135-10669-X; 0-203-07409-2; 1-135-10670-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827167003321
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