Bridging the gaps : college pathways to career success / James E. Rosenbaum, Caitlin E. Ahearn, and Janet E. Rosenbaum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenbaum, James E., 1943- author.

Ahearn, Caitlin E., author.

Rosenbaum, Janet E., author.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vocational education--United States.

Vocational education.

United States.

Education, Higher--United States.

Education, Higher.

College graduates--Employment--United States.

College graduates.

College graduates--Employment.

Labor market--United States.

Labor market.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

College for all has become the new American dream. Most high school students today express a desire to attend college, and 90 percent of on-time high school graduates enroll in higher education in the eight years following high school. Yet, degree completion rates remain low for nontraditional students-students who are older, low-income, or have poor academic achievement-even at community colleges that endeavor to serve them. What can colleges do to reduce dropouts? In Bridging the Gaps, education scholars James E. Rosenbaum, Caitlin E. Ahearn, and Janet E. Rosenbaum argue that when institutions focus only on bachelor's degrees and traditional college procedures, they ignore other pathways to educational and career success. Using multiple longitudinal studies, the authors evaluate the shortcomings and successes of community colleges and investigate how these institutions can promote alternatives to BAs and traditional college procedures to increase graduation rates and improve job payoffs. Book jacket.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

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Other Format:

Print version: Rosenbaum, James E., 1943- Bridging the gaps.

ISBN:

9781610448680

1610448685

Publisher Number:

99976954565

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