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Author:
Toby, Jackson.
Title:
The lowering of higher education in America : why financial aid should be based on student performance / Jackson Toby.
Publisher:
Praeger,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
xiv, 208 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.
College students--Rating of--United States.
Educational accountability--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
How college undermine high school education -- Maximizing access to college maximizes the enrollment -- How grade inflation undermines academic achievement -- Goofing off at college -- Is college graduation enough for a good job, or do college graduates have to know something? -- The perils of the financial aid labyrinth -- How a change in public policy can improve American college education.
ISBN:
0313378991 (ebook)
9780313378997 (ebook)
0313378983 (hard copy : alk. paper)
9780313378980 (hard copy : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)422756865
LCCN:
2009039263
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

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