Improving Learning & Reducing Costs : Redesigning Large - Enrollment Courses
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Access and success with less: improving productivity in broad-access postsecondary institutions.
Achieving national goals for increased college completion in a time of scarce resources will require the postsecondary institutions that enroll the majority of undergraduates--community colleges and less-selective public universities--to graduate more students at a lower cost. Davis Jenkins and Olga Rodriguez examine research on how these "broad-access" institutions can do so without sacrificin...
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