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Refinancing the College Dream: Access, Equal Opportunity, and Justice for Taxpayers
Edward P. St. John
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Description for Refinancing the College Dream: Access, Equal Opportunity, and Justice for Taxpayers
Paperback. Refinancing the College Dream offers a theoretical and practical foundation for boldly rethinking the financial strategies used by colleges and universities, states, and the federal government to accomplish this essential goal. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
During the 1990s, rising tuition costs and inadequate federal grant aid prevented more than a million otherwise qualified, low-income students from continuing their education past high school. Education policy expert Edward P. St. John is troubled by this situation and argues that equal access to higher education is both feasible and just. In Refinancing the College Dream, he examines recent trends in public funding of education and explores alternatives to financing which would provide equal access to postsecondary education for all Americans. The growing gap in the rate of participation in higher education for low-income groups compared to upper-income groups ... Read more
During the 1990s, rising tuition costs and inadequate federal grant aid prevented more than a million otherwise qualified, low-income students from continuing their education past high school. Education policy expert Edward P. St. John is troubled by this situation and argues that equal access to higher education is both feasible and just. In Refinancing the College Dream, he examines recent trends in public funding of education and explores alternatives to financing which would provide equal access to postsecondary education for all Americans. The growing gap in the rate of participation in higher education for low-income groups compared to upper-income groups ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421415789
SKU
V9781421415789
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About Edward P. St. John
Edward P. St. John is the Algo D. Henderson Collegiate Professor in the School of Education, University of Michigan. St. John is a fellow of the American Educational Research Association and recipient of awards from other associations for his scholarship on education and social justice.
Reviews for Refinancing the College Dream: Access, Equal Opportunity, and Justice for Taxpayers
A thorough critique of the past four decades of higher education assistance programs... A brave attempt to reconcile the progressive zeal for access and the conservative pressure for academic accountability.
Joseph M. Cronin Connection Compelling arguments about how changes in the federal student aid programs since the 1970s have restricted access to higher education because of the tilt towards ... Read more
Joseph M. Cronin Connection Compelling arguments about how changes in the federal student aid programs since the 1970s have restricted access to higher education because of the tilt towards ... Read more