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The college completion glass, half-full or half-empty? : exploring the value of postsecondary education / Tiffany Beth Mfume.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mfume, Tiffany Beth, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College attendance--United States.
- College attendance.
- College graduates--Statistics.
- College graduates.
- College student development programs.
- United States.
- College student development programs--United States.
- Dropouts--Prevention.
- Dropouts.
- Education, Higher--United States--Evaluation.
- Education, Higher.
- Evaluation.
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
- Physical Description:
- x, 144 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
- Summary:
- "This book presents a new paradigm for higher education, one that focuses on "the value added" of postsecondary education as well as on student success beyond the traditional measure of college graduation rates, a model which merges conventional practices and supports for students with non-traditional partnerships with successful non-completers"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Graduation rates 101
- The college completion agenda
- The politics of college rankings
- College attrition and the value added proposition
- HBCUs, MSIs, and the college completion game
- Case studies: stories of college attrition and student success
- College attrition and the popular culture
- Half-full and half-empty: the completers versus the noncompleters
- It's not a deficit model: increasing retention and fostering completion
- What's next: changing the paradigm.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Mfume, Tiffany Beth, author. College completion glass, half-full or half-empty?
- ISBN:
- 9781475839593
- 1475839596
- 9781475839609
- 147583960X
- OCLC:
- 1076374647
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