After Admission From College Access to College Success

Name: After Admission From College Access to College Success
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ISBN: 9780871547552

ISBN-10: 0871547554

ISBN-13: 9780871547552

Edition: 2009

Authors: ROSENBAUM, Regina Deil-amen, Ann E. Person

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Enrollment at America s community colleges has exploded in recent years, with five times as many entering students today as in 1965. However, most community college students do not graduate; many earn no credits and may leave school with no more advantages in the labor market than if they had never attended. Experts disagree over the reason for community colleges mixed record. Is it that the students in these schools are under-prepared and ill-equipped for the academic rigors of college? Are the colleges themselves not adapting to keep up with the needs of the new kinds of students they are enrolling? In After Admission, James Rosenbaum, Regina Deil-Amen, and Ann Person weigh in on this…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Publication date: 3/5/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



About the Authors


Preface



Community Colleges: Traditional College Procedures for Nontraditional Students




Research Methods




"Warming Up" the Aspirations of Community College Students




The Unintended Consequences of Stigma-Free Remediation




Student Information Problems with College Procedures




The Social Prerequisites of Success




Charter Building and Job Contacts




Labor-Market Linking Among Faculty




Educational Outcomes of Labor-Market Linking




To Teach or Not to Teach "Social Skills"?




Conclusion: Organizational Procedures to Reduce Student Problems



Notes


References


Index