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Prescott, Brian T.; Michelau, Demarée K. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) is an interstate compact aimed at improving access to, and success in, postsecondary education for residents of the West. Given the region's historic reliance on public higher education, rapidly diversifying demographics, and financial pressures experienced by postsecondary education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Community Colleges, Disproportionate Representation, Low Income Groups
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Kelly, Patrick J.; Prescott, Brian T. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2007
The United States led the world in the percentage of its population with college degrees through the middle and end of the 20th century. Its overall success gave the nation competitive confidence. But in recent years, several other countries have been making remarkable progress in educating their residents, producing young-adult populations that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Age, Educational Attainment, Competition