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DiPrete, Thomas A. Buchmann, Claudia |
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The Secret Behind College Completion: Girls, Boys, and the Power of Eighth Grade Grades Report, Third Way, Washington DC, 2014 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Third Way Keyword(s): College Degree; Educational Attainment; Gender Differences; Grade Point Average (GPA)/Grades; School Performance Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. To see into the future, look at 8th grade. If an 8th grader gets As and Bs in school, that student will likely earn a college degree. If that same student gets only Bs and Cs, college completion is unlikely. That is one of the stunning conclusions from authors Thomas A. DiPrete and Claudia Buchmann in their report on gender, mobility, and college attainment. The implications of their findings are astounding, especially when girls do better than boys in school by 8th grade and continue to widen their lead over boys in education attainment. Because our economy rewards educational attainment and punishes the lack of it, could women soon become the primary economic drivers of the U.S. economy? |
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DiPrete, Thomas A. and Claudia Buchmann. "The Secret Behind College Completion: Girls, Boys, and the Power of Eighth Grade Grades." Report, Third Way, Washington DC, 2014. |