Recommended Reading and Listening

The following articles, reports, and other communications offer varied perspectives on the challenges and opportunities facing American higher education. Although the Edvance Foundation doesn’t formally endorse the ideas presented in these pieces, we think they provide information and insights that are relevant to our work and worthy of consideration among our stakeholders. This list will be updated on a regular basis, so we encourage you to check back from time to time for new material.

  • American Higher Education: ‘First in the World’

    by Martha J. Kanter
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  • College Graduation Rates Are Stagnant Even as Enrollment Rises, a Study Finds

    by Tamar Lewin
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  • Group Seeks a Way to Ease College Transfer Process

    by Peter Schworm
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  • In Tennessee, a Possible Model for Higher Education

    by Larry Abramson
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  • Is College Worth It?: It Is If We Reinvent It

    by Jamie Merisotis
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  • Junior Colleges Try Niche as Cheap Path to Top Universities

    by Greg Winter
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  • More of the best and brightest heading to community college

    by Daniel de Vise
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  • More private colleges court community college transfers

    by David Moltz
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  • More university students taking advantage of cheaper community college courses

    by Daniel de Vise
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  • Report Highlights Characteristics of Colleges With High Transfer-Success Rates

    by Jennifer Gonzalez
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  • Transfer Students Apply to College, Too. How Come We Don’t Help Them?

    by Stephen J. Handel
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  • Turning Two Years at Community College Into Four: A Residential Community College Can Provide an Attractive Path to a Bachelor's Degree

    by Carol Frey
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  • Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities

    by William G. Bowen, Matthew M. Chingos, and Michael S. McPherson
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  • Community Colleges May Hold Key to Addressing Educational Crisis Facing Young Men of Color

    by Gene A. Budig College Board Connection
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  • Democracy’s Colleges: The Evolution of the Community College in America

    by George R. Boggs
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  • The Undereducated American

    by Anthony P. Carnevale and Stephen J. Rose
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