The lowering of higher education in America : why student loans should be based on credit worthiness / Jackson Toby.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, 2012وصف:xvi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781412846240
- 1412846242
- LC67.62 .T63 2012
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | LC67.62 .T63 2012 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010011141458 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | LC67.62 .T63 2012 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010011141456 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | LC67.62 .T63 2012 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.3 | المتاح | 30010011141455 |
Originally published: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, ©2010. This edition includes a new preface and afterword.
1. How colleges undermine high school education -- Behavior of American high school students -- Why inadequately prepared students want to attend college and why colleges admit them -- Entitlement to higher education : an international perspective -- Is universal "access" such a good idea? -- 2. Maximizing access to college maximizes the enrollment of underprepared students -- What do colleges do with underprepared students? -- What can be learned from the CCNY experiment? -- Undemanding courses for underprepared students -- Juggling underprepared and excellent students -- 3. How grade inflation undermines academic achievement -- Is grade inflation really occurring, and if so, does it matter? -- The underlying causes of grade inflation -- The consequences of grade inflation -- 4. Goofing off at college -- Why do students enroll in college? -- Having fun at college -- Creature comforts at college -- What do students actually do at college? -- Low admission and retention standards encourage goofing off.
5. Is college graduation enough for a good job, or do college graduates have to know something? -- The earnings premium for college graduates -- Which college graduates have low earnings? -- Should public policy attempt to maximize learning in college? -- 6. The perils of the financial aid labyrinth -- Old-fashioned scholarships as incentives to prepare intellectually for college -- The shift from private scholarships to Federal Financial Aid -- Why colleges need Financial Aid Offices : processing grants and loans -- Unintended consequences : diplomas to nowhere and defaulted loans -- 7. How a change in public policy can improve American college education -- The case against making all Federal Aid to college students an entitlement -- The HOPE scholarship experiment -- The case for academic requirements for student loans : an incentive for better performance -- Will the financial incentive work?