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ERIC Number: EJ577711
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-5982
State Colleges Try To Match Private Institutions with Promises of Timely Graduation.
Woodhams, Fred
Chronicle of Higher Education, v45 n16 pA50-A51 Dec 11 1998
Increasingly, states are establishing policies designed to decrease the time public-college students take to attain their undergraduate degrees, stimulated by private college claims of four-year degrees that actually take only four years. State financial aid for summer school attendance is a major part of the strategy. The approach appears to be succeeding in improving time-to-degree. (MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Competition, Educational Trends, Higher Education, Private Colleges, Public Colleges, Public Policy, Student Financial Aid, Summer Schools, Time to Degree
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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