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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.

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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