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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
