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ERIC Number: EJ655967
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-5748
Stakes for Students: Agenda-Setting and Remedial Education.
Mazzeo, Christopher
Review of Higher Education, v26 n1 p19-39 Fall 2002
Examined the enactment and early implementation of remedial education policies in Massachusetts and Oklahoma. Findings suggested that efforts to end or restrict remediation are driven largely by status attainment concerns--the desire by policy makers and administrators to create "competitive advantage" for certain public higher education institutions. (EV)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Policy Analysis, Program Termination, Remedial Instruction, State Action
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Massachusetts; Oklahoma
Note: Earlier version presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (New Orleans, LA, April 24-28, 2000).