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Part I. Introduction

  1. U.S. Higher Education Effectiveness
  2. Steven Brint, Charles T. Clotfelter
  3. pp. 2-37
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/rus.2016.0008
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  1. Overview of the Volume
  2. Steven Brint, Charles T. Clotfelter
  3. pp. 38-40
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/rus.2016.0000
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Part II. Supply and Demand: Cost and Distributional Outcomes

  1. The Changing Landscape of Tuition and Enrollment in American Public Higher Education
  2. Steven W. Hemelt, Dave E. Marcotte
  3. pp. 42-68
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/rus.2016.0002
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  1. Income and Access to Higher Education: Are High Quality Universities Becoming More or Less Elite? A Longitudinal Case Study of Admissions at UW-Madison
  2. Sara E. Dahill-Brown, John F. Witte, Barbara Wolfe
  3. pp. 69-89
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/rus.2016.0004
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  1. Beyond Earnings and Social Reproduction: Can College Lead to Good Jobs Without Reproducing Social Inequalities?
  2. James E. Rosenbaum, Caitlin E. Ahearn, Janet E. Rosenbaum, Kelly I. Becker
  3. pp. 90-110
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/rus.2016.0005
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Part III. Policy Interventions: Incentives, Controls, and Metrics

  1. Pricing and University Autonomy: Tuition Deregulation in Texas
  2. Jeongeun Kim, Kevin Stange
  3. pp. 112-146
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/rus.2016.0006
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  1. Looking Inside the Black Box of Performance Funding for Higher Education: Policy Instruments, Organizational Obstacles, and Intended and Unintended Impacts
  2. Kevin J. Dougherty, Sosanya M. Jones, Hana Lahr, Rebecca S. Natow, Lara Pheatt, Vikash Reddy
  3. pp. 147-173
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/rus.2016.0007
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  1. The Promises and Pitfalls of Measuring Community College Quality
  2. Michal Kurlaender, Scott Carrell, Jacob Jackson
  3. pp. 174-190
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/rus.2016.0009
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Part IV. Teaching and Learning: Contexts and Practices

  1. Aligning Science Achievement and STEM Expectations for College Success: A Comparative Study of Curricular Standardization
  2. Siqi Han, Claudia Buchmann
  3. pp. 192-211
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/rus.2016.0001
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  1. Evaluating Promising Practices in Undergraduate STEM Lecture Courses
  2. Lynn C. Reimer, Katerina Schenke, Tutrang Nguyen, Diane K. O’dowd, Thurston Domina, Mark Warschauer
  3. pp. 212-233
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/rus.2016.0003
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