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Author Strempel, Eileen, author.

Title Beyond free college : making higher education work for 21st-century students / Eileen L. Strempel and Stephen J. Handel.

Publication Info. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 164 pages).
text file
Series The futures series on community colleges
Futures series on community colleges.
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.
Students, Transfer of.
United States.
College credits -- United States.
College credits.
College costs -- United States.
College costs.
Educational mobility -- United States.
Educational mobility.
Community colleges -- United States.
Nontraditional college students -- United States.
Community colleges.
Educational equalization -- United States.
Nontraditional college students.
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
Educational equalization.
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives.
Education: Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
Added Author Handel, Stephen J., 1958- author.
Other Form: Print version: Strempel, Eileen. Beyond free college. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021] 9781475848649 (DLC) 2020042184 (OCoLC) 1199056758
ISBN 9781475848663 (electronic book)
1475848668 (electronic book)
9781475848649 (hardcover)
9781475848656 (paperback)