Crossing the Finish Line (eBook)

Completing College at America's Public Universities

William G. Bowen, Matthew M. Chingos, Michael McPherson (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2009
416 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-3146-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Why so many of America's public university students are not graduating-and what to do about itThe United States has long been a model for accessible, affordable education, as exemplified by the country's public universities. And yet less than 60 percent of the students entering American universities today are graduating. Why is this happening, and what can be done? Crossing the Finish Line provides the most detailed exploration ever of college completion at America's public universities. This groundbreaking book sheds light on such serious issues as dropout rates linked to race, gender, and socioeconomic status.Probing graduation rates at twenty-one flagship public universities and four statewide systems of public higher education, the authors focus on the progress of students in the entering class of 1999-from entry to graduation, transfer, or withdrawal. They examine the effects of parental education, family income, race and gender, high school grades, test scores, financial aid, and characteristics of universities attended (especially their selectivity). The conclusions are compelling: minority students and students from poor families have markedly lower graduation rates-and take longer to earn degrees-even when other variables are taken into account. Noting the strong performance of transfer students and the effects of financial constraints on student retention, the authors call for improved transfer and financial aid policies, and suggest ways of improving the sorting processes that match students to institutions.An outstanding combination of evidence and analysis, Crossing the Finish Line should be read by everyone who cares about the nation's higher education system.

Autor

William G. Bowen is president emeritus of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Princeton University. Matthew M. Chingos is a fellow at the Brookings Institution and a research associate at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Michael S. McPherson is president of the Spencer Foundation and former president of Macalester College.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.9.2009
• Reihe/Serie: The William G. Bowen Series
• Reihe/Serie: The William G. Bowen Series
• Zusatzinfo: 97 line illus. 9 tables.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lernhilfen ► Sekundarstufe I
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Schlagworte: Academic achievement • academic degree • Academic term • Achievement Test • ACT (test) • Advanced Placement • Affirmative Action • American Educational Research Association • Associate Degree • Association of American Universities • Attendance • Bachelor's degree • Calculation • Career • Chicago Public Schools • Clark Kerr • Claudia Goldin • College • College Board • Commission on Higher Education (Philippines) • community college • Cost of attendance • credential • Curriculum • Economic Growth • economist • Education • Educational attainment • Educational attainment in the United States • educational program • Educational Testing Service • Education Policy • eighth grade • Faculty (academic staff) • fafsa • freshman • Funding • G.I. Bill • Grading (education) • Graduate school • Graduation • Harvard University • higher education • Higher Education Research Institute • high school diploma • Historically Black Colleges and Universities • Human Capital • income • Institution • Iowa State University • Lecture • Lumina Foundation • Major (academic) • Matriculation • Meritocracy • North Carolina State University • Ohio State University • Pell Grant • percentage • Percentage point • percentile • Private School • private sector • private university • Public institution (United States) • Public university • Quartile • Rates (tax) • Requirement • research associate • Russell Sage Foundation • Sarah E. Turner • SAT • sat subject tests • Scholarship • school • secondary education • Secondary School • Social Science • Socioeconomic Status • Stafford Loan • standardized test • State Council of Higher Education for Virginia • state school • state universities • Student • Student financial aid in the United States • student loan • Subsidy • Test score • Tuition payments • undergraduate education • Undermatching • University • University and college admission • University of California • University of California, Los Angeles • University of Michigan • University System • year
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-3146-6 / 1400831466
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-3146-3 / 9781400831463