Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428927425
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The status of academic libraries in the United States results from the 1994 academic library survey with historical comparisons
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428927425
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The status of academic libraries in the United States results from the 1996 academic library survey with historical comparisons
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428926356
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
The Status of Academic Libraries in the United States
Author: Margaret Werner CahalanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Programs and Plans of the National Center for Education Statistics
Author: National Center for Education StatisticsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Educational statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Library Statistics Cooperative Program
Author: Resources in Education
Author: Education Statistics Quarterly
Author: Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education
Author: William G. BowenPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813933399
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Thomas Jefferson once stated that the foremost goal of American education must be to nurture the "natural aristocracy of talent and virtue." Although in many ways American higher education has fulfilled Jefferson's vision by achieving a widespread level of excellence, it has not achieved the objective of equity implicit in Jefferson's statement. In Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education, William G. Bowen, Martin A. Kurzweil, and Eugene M. Tobin explore the cause for this divide. Employing historical research, examination of the most recent social science and public policy scholarship, international comparisons, and detailed empirical analysis of rich new data, the authors study the intersection between "excellence" and "equity" objectives. Beginning with a time line tracing efforts to achieve equity and excellence in higher education from the American Revolution to the early Cold War years, this narrative reveals the halting, episodic progress in broadening access across the dividing lines of gender, race, religion, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. The authors argue that despite our rhetoric of inclusiveness, a significant number of youth from poor families do not share equal access to America's elite colleges and universities. While America has achieved the highest level of educational attainment of any country, it runs the risk of losing this position unless it can markedly improve the precollegiate preparation of students from racial minorities and lower-income families. After identifying the "equity" problem at the national level and studying nineteen selective colleges and universities, the authors propose a set of potential actions to be taken at federal, state, local, and institutional levels. With recommendations ranging from reform of the admissions process, to restructuring of federal financial aid and state support of public universities, to addressing the various precollegiate obstacles that disadvantaged students face at home and in school, the authors urge all selective colleges and universities to continue race-sensitive admissions policies, while urging the most selective (and privileged) institutions to enroll more well-qualified students from families with low socioeconomic status.
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ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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