The United States, long considered to have the best higher education in the world, now ranks eleventh in the proportion of 25- to 34-year-olds with a college degree. As other countries have made dramatic gains in degree attainment, the U.S. has improved more slowly. In response, President Obama recently laid out a national -completion agenda- with the goal of making the U.S. the best-educated nation in the world by the year 2020. Getting to Graduation explores the reforms that we must pursue to recover a position of international leadership in higher education as well as the...
The United States, long considered to have the best higher education in the world, now ranks eleventh in the proportion of 25- to 34-year-olds with...
Andrew P. Kelly Jessica S. Howell Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj
Matching Students to Opportunity expands on the discussion of a critical issue in college access and success: the match between prospective students and the colleges in which they enroll. Research indicates that ensuring a good match significantly increases a student s chance of graduating.
The contributors to this volume argue that the discussion of college match must be broadened to include students at all levels of achievement not just the most academically qualified and must take into consideration dimensions other than academic selectivity, such as geography and...
Matching Students to Opportunity expands on the discussion of a critical issue in college access and success: the match between prospective stu...