Answers in the Tool Box

Download or read book Answers in the Tool Box written by Clifford Adelman and published by . This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A report on what contributes most to long-term bachelor's degree completion of students who attend 4-year colleges. Compiles info. from high school (HS) & college transcript records, test scores, & surveys of a nat. cohort from 10th grade in 1980 until age 30 in 1993. This study was motivated by 4 developments in higher educ. during the 1990s: the growing use of institutional graduate rates as a measure of accountability; an expanding proportion of HS graduates entering postsec. educ.; students attending 2 or more colleges in their undergrad. careers; & disputes involving admissions formulas where affirmative action policies have been challenged.