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Download full textSelingo, Jeffrey – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2020
Lorain County Community College (LCCC) was designed for access, however, not necessarily completion. The college was unprepared for students who wanted to earn a degree but then often didn't make it to graduation. In 2011, LCCC retained fewer than six in ten students. Its three-year graduation rate was 8 percent. For African American students, it…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Criticism, Graduation Rate, School Holding Power
Obama's American Graduation Initiative: Race, Conservative Modernization, and a Logic of Abstraction
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Direct linkKuntz, Aaron M.; Gildersleeve, Ryan Evely; Pasque, Penny A. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2011
The American Graduation Initiative stands as the cornerstone of the Obama administration's higher education agenda. To investigate the state of the politics of education in the Age of Obama, this article employs critical discourse analysis to unveil the hidden meanings and ideological commitments inherent in Obama's policy discourse. Read within…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Presidents, Agenda Setting, Politics
