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Direct linkMartin, Anne; Gardner, Margo – Applied Developmental Science, 2016
Critics of the college-for-all ethos argue that it encourages low-achieving adolescents to develop unrealistically high expectations. This argument posits that low-achievers waste time and money, and risk disappointment and self-recrimination, pursuing college when they are unlikely to complete it. The present study uses two national data…
Descriptors: Expectation, Bachelors Degrees, Adolescents, Low Achievement
