David W. Breneman of University of Virginia reviews “Economic Inequality and Higher Education: Access, Persistence, and Success” by Stacy Dickert-Conlin, Ross Rubenstein,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Seven papers, originally presented at a conference held at Syracuse University in September 2005, investigate the connection between income inequality and unequal access to higher education, and consider solutions that the state and federal governments and schools can undertake to make college accessible to students from all backgrounds. Papers discuss access, matriculation, and graduation (Robert Haveman and Kathryn Wilson); secondary and postsecondary linkages (Michael Kirst); remedial and developmental courses (Eric P. Bettinger and Bridget Terry Long); community colleges (Dan Goldhaber and Gretchen K. Peri); access to elites (Amanda Pallais and Sarah E. Turner); costs and implications (Amy Ellen Schwartz); and reducing inequality in higher education (Ronald G. Ehrenberg). Dickert-Conlin is Associate Professor of Economics at Michigan State University. Rubenstein is Associate Professor of Public Administration at Syracuse University and Senior Research Associate at the Center for Policy Research. Index.”
