The state of college access and completion : improving college success for students from underrepresented groups / edited by Laura W. Perna and Anthony Jones.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jones, Anthony.

Perna, Laura W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College choice--United States.

College choice.

Universities and colleges--United States--Admission.

Universities and colleges.

College costs--United States.

College costs.

Minority college students--United States.

Minority college students.

Educational attainment--United States.

Educational attainment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P>Despite decades of substantial investments by the federal government, state governments, colleges and universities, and private foundations, students from low-income families as well as racial and ethnic minority groups continue to have substantially lower levels of postsecondary educational attainment than individuals from other groups. <I>The State of College Access and Completion </I>draws together leading researchers nationwide to summarize the state of college access and success and to provide recommendations for how institutional leaders and policymakers can effectively improve the en

Contents:

Cover ; The State of College Access and Completion ; Title Page ; Copyright Page; Table of Contents ; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Improving Postsecondary Access, Persistence, and Completion in the United States: Setting the Stage ; 2 Improving College Access and Choice; 3 Pathways to College for Underserved and Nontraditional Students: Lessons from Research, Policy, and Practice ; 4 Proficiency Approaches for Making More Students College and Career Ready ; 5 The Role of Remedial and Developmental Courses in Access and Persistence

6 The Role of Finances in Postsecondary Access and Success7 The Potential of Community Colleges to Increase Bachelor's Degree Attainment Rates ; 8 Longitudinal Pathways to College Persistence and Completion: Student, Institutional, and Public Policy Perspectives ; 9 Access, Persistence, and Completion in the State Context; 10 Nonexperimental Designs and Causal Analyses of College Access, Persistence, and Completion ; 11 Conclusions: Improving College Access, Persistence, and Completion: Lessons Learned ; Contributor Biographies; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 9, 2013).

ISBN:

0-415-66046-7

1-135-10669-X

0-203-07409-2

1-135-10670-3

9780203074091

OCLC:

854976330