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Beyond free college : making higher education work for 21st-century students  Cover Image Book Book

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

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781475848649
  • ISBN: 1475848641
  • ISBN: 9781475848656
  • ISBN: 147584865X
  • Physical Description: xvii, 164 pages ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Students, Transfer of > United States.
College credits > United States.
College costs > United States.
Educational mobility > United States.
Community colleges > United States.
Nontraditional college students > United States.
Educational equalization > United States.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.

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