Crossing the Finish Line : Completing College at America's Public Universities /

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From the Publisher: Long revered for their dedication to equal opportunity and affordability, public universities play a crucial role in building our country's human capital. And yet-a sobering fact-less than 60 percent of the students entering four-year colleges in America today are graduating...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bowen, William G.
Otros Autores: Tobin, Eugene M., McPherson, Michael S., Chingos, Matthew M., 1983-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Public universities and colleges.
Minority college graduates.
Educational equalization.
Educational attainment.
College graduates > Social conditions.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Democratisation de l'enseignement > États-Unis.
Niveau d'instruction > États-Unis.
Universites publiques > États-Unis.
Diplômes d'universite > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Educational equalization > United States.
Educational attainment > United States.
Public universities and colleges > United States.
Minority college graduates > United States.
College graduates > United States > Social conditions.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • 1: Educational attainment: overall trends, disparities, and the public universities we study
  • 2: Bachelor's degree attainment on a national level
  • 3: Finishing college at public universities
  • 4: Fields of study, time-to-degree, and college grades
  • 5: High schools and "undermatching"
  • 6: Test scores and high school grades as predictors
  • 7: Transfer students and the path from two-year to four-year colleges
  • 8: Financial aid and pricing on a national level
  • 9: Financial aid at public universities
  • 10: Institutional selectivity and institutional effects
  • 11: Target populations
  • 12: Looking ahead
  • Appendix A: Modern evolution of America's flagship universities / Eugene M Tobin
  • Notes
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • List of appendix tables
  • References
  • Index.

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