Student Success in College: Puzzle, Pipeline, or Pathway? [electronic resource] : Twenty-Ninth Annual Earl V. Pullias Lecture Series in Higher Education. Fall 2006 / George D. Kuh.
Student success in college has never been more important. The economic advantage to baccalaureate degree holders remains substantial, with college graduates averaging a million dollars more in lifetime earnings than high school graduates. There is also the long list of non-pecuniary benefits of coll...
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| Summary: | Student success in college has never been more important. The economic advantage to baccalaureate degree holders remains substantial, with college graduates averaging a million dollars more in lifetime earnings than high school graduates. There is also the long list of non-pecuniary benefits of college--intellectual development and critical thinking, civic engagement, appreciation of the aesthetic qualities of life and so on. But there is trouble in the land in terms of educational attainment. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2006) reports that the U.S. is dropping in position among developing countries in baccalaureate degree attainment and 10th in HS graduation rates. In this lecture, the author attempts to summarize the various streams of theory and research that help answer the question: What matters to student success in college? Appended are: (1) About the Author; (2) Previous Pullias Lectures; and (3) About CHEPA. (Contains 2 figures.) |
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| Item Description: | Availability: Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis (CHEPA). University of Southern California, Rossier School of Education, 3470 Trousdale Parkway, Waite Phillips Hall 701, Los Angeles, CA 90089-4037. Tel: 213-740-7218; Fax: 213-740-3889; e-mail: chepa@usc.edu; Web site: http://www.usc.edu/dept/chepa. Abstractor: ERIC. Educational level discussed: Higher Education. Educational level discussed: Postsecondary Education. |
| Physical Description: | 40 p. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (Reports, Evaluative) Text (Speeches/Meeting Papers) |
| Preferred Citation of Described Materials Note: | Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis, University of Southern California. |