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Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America's Public Universities,   ISBN:9780691137483

     
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Binding: Hardcover
Release Date: September 2009
Edition: First Edition
List Price: $27.95

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ISBN-13: 9780691137483
ISBN-10: 069113748X
Author: William G. Bowen, Matthew M. Chingos, Michael S. McPherson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Long revered for their dedication to equal opportunity and affordability, public universities play a crucial role in building our country's human capital. And yet--a sobering fact--less than 60 percent of the students entering four-year colleges in America today are graduating. Why is this happening and what can be done? Crossing the Finish Line, the most important book on higher education to appear since The Shape of the River, provides the most detailed exploration ever of the crisis 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.

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About 56% of students entering four-year colleges in America are graduating. The authors focus on the progress of students in the class of 2003, and their conclusion is that minority students and those from low-income families have considerably lower graduation rates. In addition, the proportion completing a bachelor's or more stagnated in the last ten years. We're now tenth among OECD nations in tertiary achievement rate, while in natural sciences and engineering the U.S. was 17th in 2000 graduation rates, down from 2nd in 1975. A major puzzlement for the authors is that it doesn't improve, despite data showing considerably higher earnings for graduates. The bulk of the book is concerned with reaching data-driven conclusions.

What we don't get is anything about why college costs have risen at a rate much faster than inflation, thereby making it difficult for many to attend and complete their studies.

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