Community colleges and the access effect : why open admissions suppresses achievement / Juliet Lilledahl Scherer and Mirra Leigh Anson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scherer, Juliet Lilledahl, 1974- author.

Anson, Mirra Leigh, 1978- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community colleges--United States--Admission.

Community colleges.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 260 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

Community Colleges and the Access Effect takes on one of the community college world's most sacred principles-that every student with a high school diploma or GED equivalent should have the opportunity to enter college. In carefully researched detail, two community college educators present a convincing case for why the open door to college admission must be eased closed and what must be done academically, politically, and financially to bring about this critically needed reform. Describing how the practice of open admission developed and how the nature of the college student has changed over the century that it has been in effect, Scherer and Anson argue that raising the minimum requirements for college entry and enforcing existing Federal Student Aid regulations will make better use of public funds, strengthen academic programs, increase secondary student engagement, improve student completion rates, and protect unprepared students. Book jacket.

Contents:

Open access in higher education

The trouble in Tucson

The price of completion at any cost

The perils of paying for performance

The revenue reality

Honoring the letter and spirit of federal student aid

The disabilities dilemma

The access effect

Creating a new admission standard

Providing meaningful postsecondary options

The equity/excellence enrosque

The impact of global competition

Restoring America's culture of learning.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137336002

1137336005

9781137336019

1137336013

OCLC:

863043911