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	Foreword

	Executive Summary

	Acknowledgments

	Introduction

	Finding One

	Finding Two

	Finding Three

	Finding Four

	Finding Five

	Afterword

	Supporting Tables

	Endnotes

	Methodology

	About the Author

	Public Agenda

	The National Center for Public Policy

	Consortium for Policy Research

	The National Center for Postsecondary Improvement

Great Expectations

How the Public and Parents–White, African American, and Hispanic–
View Higher Education

By John Immerwahr
With Tony Foleno

A Report by Public Agenda

May 2000

National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education,
Public Agenda, Consortium for Policy Research in Education,
National Center for Postsecondary Improvement

CONTENTS

FOREWORD BY PATRICK M. CALLAN AND ROBERT ZEMSKY

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

FINDING ONE: HIGHER EDUCATION MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER

FINDING TWO : MORE THAN A PIECE OF PAPER

FINDING THREE: THE RESPONSIBILITY RESTS WITH THE STUDENT BUT INSTITUTIONS SHOULD HELP THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES

FINDING FOUR: PAYING FOR COLLEGE IS DIFFICULT BUT DOABLE

FINDING FIVE: HIGH SATISFACTION, LOW FAMILIARITY -- IN CONTRAST WITH LEADERS

AFTERWORD BY DEBORAH WADSWORTH

SUPPORTING TABLES

ENDNOTES

METHODOLOGY

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

PUBLIC AGENDA

NATIONAL CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY AND HIGHER EDUCATION

CONSORTIUM FOR POLICY RESEARCH IN EDUCATION

NATIONAL CENTER FOR POSTSECONDARY IMPROVEMENT

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