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Beyond Free College seeks greater investment in higher education by promoting a single metric-lower-cost-per-degree-granted-as the driver of a transfer pathway. The bookaims to spur higher education advocates to reorganize the transfer function to serve neotraditional students in ways that advance completion, not just access to higher education.
List of contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1. Transfer Contradictions: Bridging the Academic Divide
Chapter 2. The Flickering and Largely Untold History of Transfer
Chapter 3. Second Chances Are Good, But First Chances Are Better: The Role of K-12 in Transfer
Chapter 4. The Rise of Dual Credit
Chapter 5. Prior-Learning Credit: Honoring Transfer Students Who Work for a Living
Chapter 6. Competency-Based Education: Promises, Potential, and Proof
Chapter 7. Online Learning in the Twenty-first Century: Possibilities and Promises
Chapter 8. The Shifting Higher Education Landscape
Chapter 9. Tomorrowland: Proven Pathways Forward
Chapter 10. Beyond Traditional Transfer: Findings and Recommendations
About the Authors
About the author
Dr. Eileen L. Strempel is currently the Inaugural Dean of The Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA, after serving as the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at the University of Cincinnati. An American Council on Education Fellow hosted by Colgate University as well as a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Strempel is a nationally recognized champion for transfer students and views superb public education as one of the principal social justice issues of our time.
Dr. Stephen J. Handel has nearly four decades of experience in higher education, with a focus on the needs of community college students seeking the baccalaureate degree. After serving as the chief admissions officer for the University of California System, he is currently the executive director of higher education assessment use for the College Board, where he consults with colleges and universities around the country to implement admissions and enrollment practices that serve the needs of first-year and transfer students alike.
