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LEADER: 02652cam a22003378a 4500
001 2008004198
003 DLC
005 20100217074514.0
008 080130s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008004198
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040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
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050 00 $aLC208.8$b.C66 2006
082 00 $a378.1/98$222
245 00 $aCollege success :$bwhat it means and how to make it happen /$cMichael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro, editors.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bCollege Board,$c2008.
263 $a0805
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction / Michael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro. -- Section I. From high school to college : raising expectations and lowering financial burdens. 1. Increasing college access and graduation among Chicago public high school graduates / Melissa Roderick and Jenny Nagaoka. 2. Financial aid at public flagship universities / Michael S. McPherson, Morton Owen Schapiro, and Francie E. Streich. 3. What the Gates Millennium Scholarship program can tell us about success in college / William T. Trent. -- Section II. What do we know about succeeding in college? 4. Questioning our assumptions about college requirements / James E. Rosenbaum and Lisbeth J. Goble. 5. Measuring college success : evidence and policy challenges / Sarah E. Turner. 6. Heterogeneity and higher education / Jeffrey A. Smith. -- Section III. College Success : a presidential perspective. 7. Institutional perspectives on student success / David W. Breneman. 8. College success in the long arc of life / Diana Chapman Walsh. -- Section IV. College success : student and faculty perspectives. 9. Ask the students : a good way to enhance their success / Richard J. Light. 10. What is good college teaching? / Susan L. Engel. -- Section V. Looking beyond material success. 11. Assessing the college contribution to civic engagement / Thomas S. Dee. Conclusion / Michael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro.
650 0 $aCollege students$zUnited States$xEconomic conditions.
650 0 $aMinority college students$zUnited States.
650 0 $aEducational attainment$zUnited States.
700 1 $aMcPherson, Michael S.
700 1 $aSchapiro, Morton Owen.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0810/2008004198.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008004198-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008004198-d.html