Imagined futures, once a vital topic of theoretical inquiry within the sociology of culture, have
been sidelined in recent decades. Rational choice models cannot explain the seemingly …

Winner of the 2007 Outstanding Publication Award given by the American Educational
Research Association Division J. Community colleges enroll almost half of all …

This article tracks changes in high school seniors' educational and occupational plans over
a twenty-five year period and assesses whether these plans have become increasingly …

Over the past fifty years, federal and state governments, colleges and universities, and other
organizations have developed and supported numerous policies and practices that are …

This study reviews the historical trend of college revenues and expenditures from a national
perspective using primarily data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System …

Investment in human capital is an important tool for reducing poverty. However, the poor
may lack the capacity to aspire, which often results in underinvestment in their children's …

Community colleges are an important part of the US higher education landscape, yet the
aptitude and preparedness of student transfers to baccalaureate institutions is often called …

Grounded in an economic perspective, Financing Community Colleges: Where We Are,
Where We're Going helps college leaders make sense of the challenges they face in …

Abstract The traditional unidirectional (“linear”) postsecondary path from high school to a
community college to a 4-year institution into the workforce represents accurately a …

The impact of increased academic intensity on transfer rates from community colleges to 4-
year institutions has been estimated only from observational data, with the possibility of …