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ERIC Number: EJ606461
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
Beyond Access: Improving the Odds of College Success.
Gladieux, Lawrence E.; Swail, Watson Scott
Phi Delta Kappan, v81 n9 p688-92 May 2000
Although postsecondary participation has soared during the past quarter century, the proportion of college students completing degrees has remained flat. White and higher-income kids graduate at much higher rates than their less advantaged classmates. Public policy's challenge is expanding successful intervention programs to a vastly larger scale. (Contains 17 references.) (MLH)
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Attendance, Economically Disadvantaged, Equal Education, Federal Legislation, Graduation, High Schools, Higher Education, Intervention, Public Policy, Teacher Expectations of Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: TRIO Programs