عنوان

Crossing the finish line :

شابک

069113748X

شابک

0691149909

شابک

9780691137483

شابک

9780691149905

شماره

b794372

عنوان اصلي

Crossing the finish line :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

completing college at America's public universities /

نام نخستين پديدآور

William G. Bowen, Matthew M. Chingos, and Michael S. McPherson.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Princeton, N.J. :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Princeton University Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©2009.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xxi, 389 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

24 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-375) and index.

متن يادداشت

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.

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

"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. Why is this happening and what can be done? Crossing the Finish Line, the most important book on higher education to appear since The Shape of the River, provides the most detailed exploration ever of the crisis of college completion at America's public universities. This groundbreaking book sheds light on such serious issues as dropout rates linked to race, gender, and socioeconomic status. Probing graduation rates at twenty-one flagship public universities and four statewide systems of public higher education, the authors focus on the progress of students in the entering class of 1999-from entry to graduation, transfer, or withdrawal. They examine the effects of parental education, family income, race and gender, high school grades, test scores, financial aid, and characteristics of universities attended (especially their selectivity). The conclusions are compelling: minority students and students from poor families have markedly lower graduation rates-and take longer to earn degrees-even when other variables are taken into account. Noting the strong performance of transfer students and the effects of financial constraints on student retention, the authors call for improved transfer and financial aid policies, and suggest ways of improving the sorting processes that match students to institutions. An outstanding combination of evidence and analysis, Crossing the Finish Line should be read by everyone who cares about the nation's higher education system"--

موضوع مستند نشده

College graduates-- United States-- Social conditions.

موضوع مستند نشده

Educational attainment-- United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

Educational equalization-- United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

Minority college graduates-- United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

Public universities and colleges-- United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

College

موضوع مستند نشده

College graduates-- Social conditions.

موضوع مستند نشده

College graduates.

موضوع مستند نشده

Educational attainment.

موضوع مستند نشده

Educational equalization.

موضوع مستند نشده

Higher education.

موضوع مستند نشده

Minority college graduates.

موضوع مستند نشده

Public universities and colleges.

موضوع مستند نشده

United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

USA.

بدون عنوان

7

بدون عنوان

7

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Bowen, William G.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Chingos, Matthew M.,1983-

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

McPherson, Michael S.

تاريخ عمليات

20201207073238.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y