<mods:mods xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-7.xsd"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>What Limits College Success? A review and further analysis of Holzer and Baum’s ‘Making College Work’</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name><mods:namePart>Philip Oreopoulos</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm authority="marcrelator" authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators" valueURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:subject><mods:topic>college completion</mods:topic></mods:subject><mods:subject><mods:topic>higher education policy</mods:topic></mods:subject><mods:subject><mods:topic>returns to college</mods:topic></mods:subject><mods:subject><mods:topic>behavioral economics</mods:topic></mods:subject><mods:subject><mods:topic>signaling</mods:topic></mods:subject><mods:subject authority="edworkp"><mods:topic>Post-secondary education</mods:topic></mods:subject><mods:subject authority="edworkp"><mods:topic>Access and admissions</mods:topic></mods:subject><mods:subject authority="edworkp"><mods:topic>Inequality</mods:topic></mods:subject><mods:subject authority="edworkp"><mods:topic>Program and policy effects</mods:topic></mods:subject><mods:originInfo><mods:dateCreated>2019</mods:dateCreated><mods:publisher>Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods: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.</mods:abstract><mods:language><mods:languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</mods:languageTerm></mods:language><mods:typeOfResource>text</mods:typeOfResource><mods:genre authority="aat">grey literature</mods:genre><mods:relatedItem type="series"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>edworkingpapers.com</mods:title></mods:titleInfo></mods:relatedItem><mods:relatedItem><mods:identifier type="DOI">10.26300/1034-9j58</mods:identifier></mods:relatedItem><mods:accessCondition type="use and reproduction" xlink:href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</mods:accessCondition></mods:mods>