{"product_id":"getting-to-graduation-9781421406220","title":"Getting to Graduation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authors emphasize the need to rethink policies governing financial aid, remediation, and institutional funding to promote degree completion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGetting to Graduation is a must for educational studies collections or public policy discussion, enthusiastically recommended. Midwest Book Review A volume replete with nuanced perspectives on the opportunities and challenges higher education faces in the U.S... The book does an excellent job of covering a number of critical issues that bear on policies at the institutional, state, and federal levels. -- Joseph Kitchen Teachers College Record The book provides a useful synthesis of policy, practice and perhaps, most importantly, standards for rigorous research to assess the viability and prospective mechanisms for achieving ambitious policy goals. -- Jennifer Nicole Nailos \u0026amp; Victor M.H. Borden Review of Higher Education\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Challenges\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Increasing Higher Education Attainment in the United States: Challenges and Opportunities\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Graduation Rates at America's Universities: What We Know and What We Need to Know\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Performance and Potential of Sub-Baccalaureate Programs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Can Community Colleges Achieve Ambitious Graduation Goals?\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Certificate Pathways to Postsecondary Success and Good Jobs\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Apprenticeships as an Alternative Route to Skills and Credentials\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Relationship between Policy and Completion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Financial Aid: A Blunt Instrument for Increasing Degree Attainment\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Remediation: The Challenges of Helping Underprepared Students\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Equalizing Credits and Rewarding Skills: Credit Portability and Bachelor's Degree Attainment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: The Lessons from Three States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. The Challenge of Scaling Successful Policy Innovations: A Case Study of Three Colorado Community College System Grants\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Efforts to Improve Productivity: The Impact of Higher Education Reform in Texas\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. The Ohio Experience with Outcomes-Based Funding\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408108298583,"sku":"9781421406220","price":37.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421406220.jpg?v=1730501613","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/getting-to-graduation-9781421406220","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}