Changing student attendance patterns
Subtitle: challenges for policy and practice
By: Jacqueline E. King, Eugene L. Anderson, Melanie E. Corrigan, editors.
Contributors: King, Jacqueline E.; Anderson, Eugene L.; Corrigan, Melanie E.
Series: New directions for higher education -- no. 121, Spring 2003.; New directions for higher education -- no. 121.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: College attendance -- United States.; Universities and colleges -- United states.; Universities and colleges -- United States -- Finance.; Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Changing U.S. demographics and American higher education -- Eugene L. Anderson; value: Swirling and double-dipping : new patterns of student attendance and their implications for higher education -- Alexander C. McCormick.; value: Beyond access : persistence challenges and the diversity of low-income students -- Melanie E. Corrigan; value: New modes of productivity for student learning -- Barbara E. Walvoord; value: Public policy implications of changing student attendance patterns -- David A. Longanecker, Cheryl D. Blanco; value: Nontraditional attendance and persistence : the cost of students' choices -- Jacqueline E. King; value: Rethinking policy, process, and planning to redefine quality and enhance student success -- Joanne Passaro, Lucie Lapovsky, Louise H. Feroe, James R. Metzger; value: Best practices in providing nontraditional students with both academic and financial support-- Natala K. Hart.