Browsing by Author "Dickeson, Robert C."

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    Collision Course: Rising College Costs Threaten America's Future and Require Shared Solutions
    (Lumina Foundation for Education, 2004-08) Dickeson, Robert C.
    Outlines the factors behind rising college costs and identifies potential strategies for addressing the crisis. Lists what colleges and universities, state and federal governments, students and families, secondary schools, and the private sector can do.
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    Course Corrections: Experts Offer Solutions to the College Cost Crisis
    (Lumina Foundation for Education, 2005-10) Dickeson, Robert C.
    Compiles essays offering creative solutions to control soaring college costs by improving institutional practices, state and federal policies, and collaborations between the two. Examples include outsourcing, re-designing curricula, and tax credits.
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    Setting Educational Priorities: High Achievers Speak Out
    (Lumina Foundation for Education, 2001-04) Dickeson, Robert C.
    Presents results of a survey of central Indiana's National Merit Scholars on their college and career choices, as well as their views on factors for academic success, the importance of teachers, and priorities for improving the educational system.
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    Students Aren't Just Data Points, but Numbers Do Count
    (Lumina Foundation for Education, 2008-11) Dickeson, Robert C.
    Highlights three grantees' successes in utilizing data to identify ways to improve minority student outcomes at community colleges, by improving access to information on transfers, creating bilingual student programs, and providing tutors and extra labs.