Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 164 pages). |
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Series |
The futures series on community colleges
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Futures series on community colleges.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Transfer contradictions : bridging the academic divide -- The flickering and largely untold history of transfer -- Second chances are good, but first chances are better : the role of K-12 in transfer -- The rise of dual credit -- Prior-learning credit : honoring transfer students who work for a living -- Competency-based education : promises, potential, and proof -- Online learning in the twenty-first century : possibilities and promises -- The shifting higher education landscape -- Tomorrowland : proven pathways forward -- Beyond traditional transfer : findings and recommendations. |
Summary |
"Beyond Free College seeks greater investment in higher education by promoting a single metric-lower-cost-per-degree-granted-as the driver of a transfer pathway. The book aims to spur higher education advocates to reorganize the transfer function to serve neotraditional students in ways that advance completion, not just access to higher education"-- Provided by publisher |
Access |
Concurrent user level: 1 user |
Subject |
Students, Transfer of -- United States.
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Students, Transfer of. |
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United States. |
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College credits -- United States.
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College credits. |
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College costs -- United States.
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College costs. |
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Educational mobility -- United States.
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Educational mobility. |
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Community colleges -- United States.
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Nontraditional college students -- United States.
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Community colleges. |
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Educational equalization -- United States.
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Nontraditional college students. |
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
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Educational equalization. |
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives. |
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Education: Educational Policy & Reform -- General. |
Added Author |
Handel, Stephen J., 1958- author.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Strempel, Eileen. Beyond free college. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021] 9781475848649 (DLC) 2020042184 (OCoLC) 1199056758 |
ISBN |
9781475848663 (electronic book) |
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1475848668 (electronic book) |
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9781475848649 (hardcover) |
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9781475848656 (paperback) |
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