Quality Education-It Comes from Within

"Across all four institutions, we found first-year students needed to be reassured that they could succeed either academically, socially, or both," [Patrick Terenzini] said. "There's reason to believe that such reassurance is critical to student persistence and degree attainment....

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Published in:The Hispanic outlook in higher education 1993-04, Vol.3 (9), p.1
Main Author: Chabolla, Elena
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Colleges & universities
Community colleges
Curricula
Education
Higher education
Pascarella, Ernest T
Terenzini, Patrick
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Summary:"Across all four institutions, we found first-year students needed to be reassured that they could succeed either academically, socially, or both," [Patrick Terenzini] said. "There's reason to believe that such reassurance is critical to student persistence and degree attainment. The likelihood of a successful transition from high school or work to college can be enhanced if colleges and universities respond to students' needs for early confirmation of their ability to succeed." She said some of the topics of interest to the group stem from the state's vow to provide a quality education for every child, but she stressed that what is important is how "quality education" is defined. "I don't think there's much dispute about the kind of person quality education should produce. The question is, why can't we produce these people -- quality people?" she said. "We need somebody to say, `Money for what?'" she indicated. "We can't tell how the money is being spent at all. As far as I can tell, it's money down a rat hole."