The lowering of higher education in America : why financial aid should be based on student performance / Jackson Toby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toby, Jackson.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Economic aspects.

College students--Rating of.

United States.

College students--Rating of--United States.

College students.

Educational accountability--United States.

Educational accountability.

Physical Description:

xiv, 208 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, [2010]

Contents:

1 How Colleges Undermine High School Education 1

The Behavior of American High School Students 4

Why Inadequately Prepared Students Want to Attend College and Why Colleges Admit Them 7

Entitlement to Higher Education: An International Perspective 16

Is Universal "Access" Such a Good Idea? 25

Conclusion 28

2 Maximizing Access to College Maximizes the Enrollment of Underprepared Students 37

What Do Colleges Do with Underprepared Students? 41

What Can Be Learned from the CCNY Experiment? 47

Undemanding Courses for Underprepared Students 54

Juggling Underprepared and Excellent Students 57

Conclusion 60

3 How Grade Inflation Undermines Academic Achievement 65

Is Grade Inflation Really Occurring, and If So, Does It Matter? 68

The Underlying Causes of Grade Inflation 71

The Consequences of Grade Inflation 78

Conclusion 84

4 Goofing Off at College 89

Why Do Students Enroll in College? 92

Having Fun at College 95

Creature Comforts at College 108

What Do Students Actually Do at College? 110

Low Admission and Retention Standards Encourage Goofing Off 113

Conclusion 116

5 Is College Graduation Enough for a Good Job, or Do College Graduates Have to Know Something? 121

The Earnings Premium for College Graduates 132

Which College Graduates Have Low Earnings? 138

Should Public Policy Attempt to Maximize Learning in College? 141

Conclusion 142

6 The Perils of the Financial Aid Labyrinth Old-Fashioned Scholarships as Incentives to Prepare Intellectually for College 147

The Shift from Private Scholarships to Federal Financial Aid 153

Why Colleges Need Financial Aid Offices: Processing Grants and Loans 155

Unintended Consequences: Diplomas to Nowhere and Defaulted Lons 161

Conclusion 168

7 How a Change in Public Policy Can Improve American College Education 175

The Case against Making All Federal Aid to College Students an Entitlement 181

The HOPE Scholarship Experiment 184

The Case for Academic Requirements for Student Loans: An Incentive for Better Performance 188

Will the Financial Incentive Work? 193

Conclusion 196.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780313378980

0313378983

9780313378997

0313378991

OCLC:

422756865