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Bridging the Gaps : College Pathways to Career Success /

"College-for-all has become the new American dream. Most high school students today express a desire to attend college, and 90% of on-time high school graduates enroll in higher education in the eight years following high school. Yet, degree completion rates remain low for non-traditional stude...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Rosenbaum, James E., 1943- (Autor), Rosenbaum, Janet E. (Autor), Ahearn, Caitlin E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • College-for-all: how community colleges open new opportunities
  • Can alternative credentials avoid the usual opportunity barriers?
  • Money isn't everything: do sub-BA credentials lead to nonmonetary job rewards?
  • Beyond one-dimensional qualifications: how students discover hidden abilities
  • The least understood tests in America: how college procedures shape placement test results?
  • Degree ladders: procedures that combine dependable credentials and high goals
  • Beyond BA blinders: pathways procedures into-, through-, and out of college
  • Innovative colleges and improved transitions
  • The new college reality: alternative options and procedures.