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Crossing the Finish Line:: Completing College at America’s Public Universities (Association for Institutional Research, May 30, 2010)
William G. Bowen
- pp 101-114
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The modern evolution of America's Flagship Universities by Eugene M. Tobin this article has been studied extensively in the field of educational attainment: overall trends, disparities, and the public universities we study.Abstract:
Acknowledgments vii Preface xiii Chapter 1. Educational Attainment: Overall Trends, Disparities, and the Public Universities We Study 1 Chapter 2. Bachelor's Degree Attainment on a National Level 20 Chapter 3. Finishing College at Public Universities 32 Chapter 4. Fields of Study, Time-to-Degree, and College Grades 57 Chapter 5. High Schools and "Undermatching" 87 Chapter 6. Test Scores and High School Grades as Predictors 112 Chapter 7. Transfer Students and the Path from Two-Year to Four-Year Colleges 134 Chapter 8. Financial Aid and Pricing on a National Level 149 Chapter 9. Financial Aid at Public Universities 166 Chapter 10. Institutional Selectivity and Institutional Effects 192 Chapter 11. Target Populations 207 Chapter 12. Looking Ahead 223 Appendix A. The Modern Evolution of America's Flagship Universities by Eugene M. Tobin 239 Notes 265 List of Figures 337 List of Tables 347 List of Appendix Tables 349 References 357 Index 377read more
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The Missing "One-Offs": The Hidden Supply of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students
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Social and Economic Returns to College Education in the United States
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Teaching Adolescents To Become Learners The Role of Noncognitive Factors in Shaping School Performance: A Critical Literature Review
Camille A. Farrington,Melissa Roderick,Elaine Allensworth,Jenny Nagaoka,Tasha Seneca Keyes,David W. Johnson,Nicole O. Beechum +6 more
TL;DR: The Chicago Center for Research and Evaluation (CCSR) as discussed by the authors encourages the use of research in policy action and improvement of practice, but does not argue for particular policies or programs, rather, it helps to build capacity for school reform by identifying what matters for student success and school improvement, creating critical indicators to chart progress, and conducting theory-driven evaluation to identify how programs and policies are working.
ReportDOI
The Missing "One-Offs": The Hidden Supply of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students
TL;DR: This paper showed that the vast majority of very high-achieving students who are low-income do not apply to any selective college or university, despite the fact that selective institutions would often cost them less, owing to generous financial aid, than the resource-poor two-year and non-selective four-year institutions to which they actually apply.
Journal ArticleDOI
Social and Economic Returns to College Education in the United States
TL;DR: This paper found that education correlates strongly with most important social and economic outcomes such as economic success, health, family stability, and social connections, and that investments in education pay off for individuals in many ways.