| 188 Pages |
| ISBN: 978-0-87-078485-9 |
By Richard D. Kahlenberg, editor
Published by Century Foundation Press, January 13, 2004
A series of policy changes in federal and state governments, and at universities, have made it exceedingly difficult for students from low-income and working-class families to earn college degrees. In America's Untapped Resource: Low-Income Students in Higher Education a group of notable experts on higher education examine the substantial economic divide in higher education, discuss the ramifications of that divide, and offer specific recommendations for increasing both college access and success for economically-disadvantaged students.
Chapters include “Low-Income Students and the Affordability of Higher Education,” by Lawrence Gladieux, a former official with the College Board; “Improving the Academic Preparation and Performance of Low-Income Students in Higher Education,” by P. Michael Timpane of the Aspen Institute and Arthur M. Hauptman, a higher education consultant; and “Socioeconomic Status, Race/Ethnicity and Selective College Admissions,” by Anthony P. Carnevale of the Educational Testing Service and Stephen J. Rose of ORC Macro International. The volume also includes an appendix, “Pell Grant Recipients in Selective Colleges and Universities,” by Donald Heller of Pennsylvania State University.
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Socioeconomic Status, Race/Ethnicity, and Selective College Admissions
by Anthony P. Carnevale and Stephen J. Rose
By The Century Foundation Task Force on Preventing Community Colleges from Becoming Separate and Unequal
May 23, 2013
Two-year colleges have opened the doors of higher education for low-income and working-class students as never before, and yet, community colleges often lack the resources to provide the conditions for student success. [...]
By Greg Anrig
Published by The Century Foundation Press, April 4, 2013
While the “education wars” dominate media coverage of school reform debates, largely unnoticed research is mounting that student outcomes are strongest in districts pursuing intensive collaboration among teachers and administrators [...]
By Alan S. Blinder, Andrew W. Lo, Robert M. Solow, editors
Published by Russell Sage Foundation, December 19, 2012
In its wide-ranging inquiry into the financial crash, Rethinking the Financial Crisis marshals an impressive collection of rigorous and yet empirically-relevant research that, in some respects, upsets the conventional wisdom about the [...]
By Richard D. Kahlenberg, Halley Potter
Published by The Century Foundation, October 3, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court case Fisher v. Texas could dramatically alter or eliminate race-based admissions policies at colleges and universities. In a new report, A Better Affirmative Action, Senior Fellow Richard [...]
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Janice Nittoli is president of The Century Foundation, a position she assumed in August 2011. She came to Century from the Rockefeller Foundation, where she served as associate vice president and managing director .
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