ERIC Number: ED629355
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Apr
Pages: 27
Abstractor: ERIC
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An Investment, Not a Gamble: Creating More Equitable and Effective Postsecondary Pathways
Cortez, Alex; Beach, Paul; Lee, Nick; Graziano, Lynne; Robinson, Brian; Beals, Kateland
Bellwether
This introductory report outlines the challenges of postsecondary completion, the variable value provided by a postsecondary pathway, and the corresponding cost and debt. Together, these challenges create an inequitable, ineffective, and unsustainable U.S. postsecondary system in which individuals are increasingly reluctant to participate or return. After exploring the challenges, the authors propose three enablers of choice that people from systemically marginalized communities too often do not have access to -- and that could be the basis for transforming the postsecondary system: (1) information; (2) the social capital of navigation; and (3) versatile, inclusive, high-quality postsecondary pathway options. [The Suder Foundation provided financial support for this work.]
Descriptors: Equal Education, Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Postsecondary Education, Disadvantaged, Social Capital, Educational Quality, Costs, Debt (Financial), Decision Making, Navigation, Graduation Rate, Race, Ethnicity, First Generation College Students, Family Income, Nontraditional Students, Institutional Characteristics, Salaries, Loan Repayment, Minority Group Students
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Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Carnegie Corporation of New York
Authoring Institution: Bellwether
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