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Direct linkViadero, Debra – Education Week, 2009
An important new book on improving the stagnant graduation rates of the nation's public colleges and universities suggests that one reason so many academically talented students leave college without a diploma may be that they enroll in schools for which they are overqualified. Authors William G. Bowen, Matthew M. Chingos, and Michael S. McPherson…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Graduation Rate, Talent, Qualifications
Download full textKeller, Michael J.; McKeown, Mary P. – 1984
Factors that 1983 National Merit and National Achievement Semifinalists in Maryland felt influenced their college choice were studied. The 143 survey respondents were asked to indicate how important 22 factors were in the selection of a college. The factors covered items dealing with the characteristics of the college, efforts by the institution…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Choice, Colleges, Decision Making
