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Download full textIsbell, Janet Kesterson; Baker, Julie C.; Potter, Darek; Ezell, Laura – Adult Higher Education Alliance, 2019
As the economy became the driving force behind education policy in recent decades, postsecondary education planners and policymakers turned their attention to older adults. In Tennessee, the state launched its "Drive to 55" campaign to increase the number of residents earning postsecondary degrees. Along with these changes came the call…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Postsecondary Education, Access to Education, Nontraditional Students
Levin, Henry M. – 1976
Based on four standards of measurement, it appears that the educational systems of Western Europe fail to provide a significant equalizing influence. The four criteria are: (1) equality of educational access, (2) equality of educational participation, (3) equality of educational results, (4) and equality of educational effects on life chances.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Education, Developed Nations, Economic Opportunities
Bernal, Elena M.; Cabrera, Alberto F.; Terenzini, Patrick T. – 1999
This study examined whether replacing race-based affirmative action admissions programs with class-based programs would continue to meet the racial/ethnic diversity goals of higher education, with the added benefit of helping poor and working class white students. Data from three National Center for Education Statistics databases were analyzed to:…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Attendance Patterns
