Class Matters: The College Dropout Boom. David Leonhardt.
by Leonhardt, David; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 15Institutions. Publisher: New York Times, 2005ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): College attendance -- Statistics | College costs | College dropouts | Community colleges | Education -- Higher | Income -- Statistics | Middle class families | Universities and colleges -- Admission | University of VirginiaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "There is certainly much to celebrate about higher education today. Many more students from all classes are getting four-year degrees and reaping their benefits. But those broad gains mask the fact that poor and working-class students have nevertheless been falling behind; for them, not having a degree remains the norm." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article reports that "almost one in three Americans in their mid-20's are college dropouts," most of them "from poor and working-class families" and examines the reasons "why so many low-income students fall from the college ranks."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Class Matters: The College Dropout Boom, May 24, 2005; pp. A1+.
"There is certainly much to celebrate about higher education today. Many more students from all classes are getting four-year degrees and reaping their benefits. But those broad gains mask the fact that poor and working-class students have nevertheless been falling behind; for them, not having a degree remains the norm." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article reports that "almost one in three Americans in their mid-20's are college dropouts," most of them "from poor and working-class families" and examines the reasons "why so many low-income students fall from the college ranks."
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