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

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014Description: vii, 260 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781137336002
  • 9781137336019
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.1/5430973 23
LOC classification:
  • LB2351.2 .S335 2014
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks LB2351.2 .S335 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001305464

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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