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College success: what it means and how to make it happen

Michael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro, editors
Resource Type:
Book (Print/Paper)
Publication:
New York : College Board, [2008]
Distribution:
New York : Distributed by Macmillan
Copyright:
©2008

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Michael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro
  • Sect. I. From High School to College-Raising Expectations and Lowering Financial Burdens
  • Increasing College Access and Graduation Among Chicago Public High School Graduates / Melissa Roderick and Jenny Nagaoka
  • Financial Aid at Public Flagship Universities / Michael S. McPherson, Morton Owen Schapiro and Francie E. Streich
  • What the Gates Millennium Scholars Program Can Tell Us About Success in College / William T. Trent
  • Sect. II. What Do We Know About Succeeding in College?
  • Questioning Our Assumptions About College Requirements / James E. Rosenbaum and Lisbeth J. Goble
  • Measuring College Success: Evidence and Policy Challenges / Sarah E. Turner
  • Heterogeneity and Higher Education / Jeffrey A. Smith
  • Sect. III. College Success - A Presidential Perspective
  • Institutional Perspectives on Student Success / David W. Breneman
  • College Success in the Long Arc of Life / Diana Chapman Walsh
  • Sect. IV. College Success-Student and Faculty Perspectives
  • Ask the Students: A Good Way to Enhance Their Success / Richard J. Light
  • What Is Good College Teaching? / Susan L. Engel
  • Sect. V. Looking Beyond Material Success
  • Assessing the College Contribution to Civic Engagement / Thomas S. Dee
  • Conclusion / Michael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro.
Contributors:
McPherson, Michael S.
Schapiro, Morton Owen
College Entrance Examination Board
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Subjects:
College students — United States — Economic conditions
Minority college students — United States
Educational attainment — United States
College students — Economic conditions
College students
Minority college students
Educational attainment
United States
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description:
240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Numbers:
LC208.8 .C66 2006
ISBNs:
9780874478303
0874478308
Library of Congress Control Numbers:
2008004198
OCLC Numbers:
191846944