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Author Lavin, David E.

Title Changing the odds : open admissions and the life chances of the disadvantaged / David E. Lavin, David Hyllegard.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [1996]
©1996

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  378.1 L412C    Check Shelf
Description ix, 292 pages ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Perspectives on Open-Access Higher Education -- 2. How Far Did They Go?: Expanded Access and Ultimate Educational Attainments -- 3. How They Did at Work: The Difference That Education Made -- 4. Getting Ahead: The Development of Work Careers -- 5. The Quality of Work Experience -- 6. Marriage and the Formation of a College-Educated Class: Consolidating the Gains of an Open-Admissions Policy -- 7. Nonmaterial Outcomes of Higher Education: Attitudes, Values, and Life Satisfaction -- 8. Open Admissions: An Assessment -- 9. Open Admissions in an Era of Scarcity: Changing Educational Opportunities -- Appendix A: Quality of the Follow-up Sample Data -- Appendix B: Selected Statistical Tables.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-281) and index.
Subject City University of New York -- Open admission -- Case studies.
Added Author Hyllegard, David.
ISBN 0300063288 cloth alkaline paper
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