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Author St. John, Edward P.

Title Education and the public interest : school reform, public finance, and access to higher education / Edward P. St. John
Published Dordrecht : Springer, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 273 pages) : illustrations
Contents Public Policy and College Access -- Globalization -- The Public Interest -- State Indicators -- Academic Access -- Financial Access -- Pathways and Markets -- Student Outcomes: Reanalyses of the NELS -- Access To Advanced Math -- Enrollment -- Attainment -- The Public Interest -- Improving Access and College Success -- Redefining the Public Interest
Summary Undertakes a comparative study of the states in the US to examine how education reforms influence student achievement, high school graduation, and college access; and finance schemes influence college access. This volume considers how privatization and accountability policies can be reconstructed to reduce inequality
Analysis onderwijs
education
hoger onderwijs
higher education
filosofie
philosophy
politiek
politics
politicologie
political science
Education (General)
Onderwijs (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-268) and index
Notes Print version record
In Springer e-books
Subject Educational equalization -- United States
Educational change -- United States
Finance, Public -- United States.
EDUCATION -- Finance.
Educational change -- United States.
Finance, Public -- United States.
Démocratisation de l'enseignement -- États-Unis.
Enseignement -- Réforme -- États-Unis.
Finances publiques -- États-Unis.
Educational equalization -- United States.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Education.
Educational change
Educational equalization
Finance, Public
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007464750
ISBN 9781402052484
1402052480
9781402052477
1402052472
9781280902581
1280902582
9786610902583
6610902585