How appropriate for today and for the future are the policies and practices of higher education that largely assume a norm of traditional-age students with minimal on-campus, or no, work commitments?
Despite the fact that work is a fundamental part of life for nearly half of all undergraduate students - with a substantial number of -traditional- dependent undergraduates in employment, and working independent undergraduates averaging 34.5 hours per week - little attention has been given to how working influences the integration and engagement experiences of students who...
How appropriate for today and for the future are the policies and practices of higher education that largely assume a norm of traditional-age stude...
Education, long the key to opportunity in the United States, has become simply essential to earning a decent living. By 2018, 63 percent of all jobs will require at least some postsecondary education or training. Teachers and civic leaders stress the value of study through high school and beyond, but to an alarmingly large segment of America's population--including a disproportionate number of ethnic and racial minorities--higher education seems neither obtainable nor relevant. Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Jobs in Metropolitan America, edited by Laura W. Perna, offers...
Education, long the key to opportunity in the United States, has become simply essential to earning a decent living. By 2018, 63 percent of all job...
Despite decades of substantial investments by the federal government, state governments, colleges and universities, and private foundations, students from low-income families as well as racial and ethnic minority groups continue to have substantially lower levels of postsecondary educational attainment than individuals from other groups. "The State of College Access and Completion "draws together leading researchers nationwide to summarize the state of college access and success and to provide recommendations for how institutional leaders and policymakers can effectively improve the entire...
Despite decades of substantial investments by the federal government, state governments, colleges and universities, and private foundations, studen...
Despite decades of substantial investments by the federal government, state governments, colleges and universities, and private foundations, students from low-income families as well as racial and ethnic minority groups continue to have substantially lower levels of postsecondary educational attainment than individuals from other groups. "The State of College Access and Completion "draws together leading researchers nationwide to summarize the state of college access and success and to provide recommendations for how institutional leaders and policymakers can effectively improve the entire...
Despite decades of substantial investments by the federal government, state governments, colleges and universities, and private foundations, studen...
