- Title Information
- Title
- What Limits College Success? A review and further analysis of Holzer and Baum’s ‘Making College Work’
- Name
- Name Part
- Philip Oreopoulos
- Role
- Role Term (marcrelator)
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- author
- Subject
- Topic
- college completion
- Subject
- Topic
- higher education policy
- Subject
- Topic
- returns to college
- Subject
- Topic
- behavioral economics
- Subject
- Topic
- signaling
- Subject (edworkp)
- Topic
- Post-secondary education
- Subject (edworkp)
- Topic
- Access and admissions
- Subject (edworkp)
- Topic
- Inequality
- Subject (edworkp)
- Topic
- Program and policy effects
- Origin Information
- Date Created
- 2019
- Publisher
- Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
- Abstract
- Holzer and Baum’s recent book, ‘Making College Work: Pathways to Success for Disadvantaged Students,’ provides an excellent up-to-date review of higher education. My review first summarizes its key themes: 1) who gains from college and why? 2) mismatch and the need for more structure; 3) problems with remediation; 4) financial barriers and 5) the promise of comprehensive support. I then critique the book’s proposed solutions using some of my own qualitative and quantitative data. Some recommendations are worth considering, while others are too expensive or unlikely to make a meaningful difference without addressing the underlying lack of preparedness and motivation of college students. I argue that making mandatory some existing services, such as application assistance and advice, proactive tutoring and advising, and greater career transition support, has the most immediate potential.
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- eng
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- Genre (aat)
- grey literature
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- edworkingpapers.com
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DOI
- 10.26300/1034-9j58
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use and reproduction
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