The college completion glass-- half-full or half-empty? : exploring the value of postsecondary education /: exploring the value of postsecondary education. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tiffany Beth Mfume.
• Authors: Mfume, Tiffany Beth
• Contents: Graduation rates 101 -- The college completion agenda -- The politics of college rankings -- College attrition and the value added proposition -- HBCUs, MSIs, and the college completion game -- Case studies: stories of college attrition and student success -- College attrition and the popular culture -- Half-full and half-empty: the completers vs. the non-completers -- It's not a deficit model: increasing retention and fostering completion -- What's next: changing the paradigm.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (160 pages), (25 illustrations)
• Subjects: 378.1/980973; College attendance -- United States; College student development programs -- United States; Dropouts -- Prevention; College graduates -- Statistics; Education, Higher -- United States -- Evaluation; Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781475839616; 1475839618
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.