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College For All?
Is There Too Much Emphasis
on Getting a 4-year College Degree?

(January 1999)

Table of Contents

• Title
  
• Preface
  
• Acknowledgements
  
• Executive Summary
  
• Introduction
  
• The Growth of College Expectations
  
• Changes in Ability Levels
  
• Changes in College Completion Rates
  
• Outcomes for Noncompleters
  
• Outcomes for College Graduates
  
• Conclusion
  
• Endnotes
  
• Bibliography
  
• Appendix A: Tables
  
• Appendix B: Figures
  
• Appendix C: Adjusting Post-1989 ACT Scores
  
• Appendix D: Research on Human Capital and Screening Theories

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