Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities

Target entity: Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities
Context triple: [William G. Bowen, notableWork, Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities]

• A. The Higher Learning in America
  The Higher Learning in America is Thorstein Veblen’s influential critique of U.S. universities, examining how business interests and status-seeking distort academic life and scholarship.
• B. Saving State U: Why We Must Fix Public Higher Education
  "Saving State U: Why We Must Fix Public Higher Education" is a book by economist Nancy Folbre that critiques the underfunding and marketization of public universities in the United States and argues for renewed public investment in higher education as a common good.
• C. Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy
  Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy is a sociological examination of how for-profit colleges exploit economic inequality, racial stratification, and credentialism in the contemporary U.S. higher education system.
• D. The Capstone of Higher Education
  The Capstone of Higher Education is the official motto of the University of Alabama, expressing its aspiration to represent the pinnacle of academic excellence and leadership in higher education.
• E. Thoughts on the Present Collegiate System in the United States
  Thoughts on the Present Collegiate System in the United States is a 19th-century educational treatise by Francis Wayland that critiques American college structures and advocates for significant curricular and institutional reforms.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities
Target entity description: "Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities" is a landmark empirical study that analyzes college completion rates and the factors influencing student success at public universities in the United States.

• A. The Higher Learning in America
  The Higher Learning in America is Thorstein Veblen’s influential critique of U.S. universities, examining how business interests and status-seeking distort academic life and scholarship.
• B. Saving State U: Why We Must Fix Public Higher Education
  "Saving State U: Why We Must Fix Public Higher Education" is a book by economist Nancy Folbre that critiques the underfunding and marketization of public universities in the United States and argues for renewed public investment in higher education as a common good.
• C. Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy
  Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy is a sociological examination of how for-profit colleges exploit economic inequality, racial stratification, and credentialism in the contemporary U.S. higher education system.
• D. The Capstone of Higher Education
  The Capstone of Higher Education is the official motto of the University of Alabama, expressing its aspiration to represent the pinnacle of academic excellence and leadership in higher education.
• E. Thoughts on the Present Collegiate System in the United States
  Thoughts on the Present Collegiate System in the United States is a 19th-century educational treatise by Francis Wayland that critiques American college structures and advocates for significant curricular and institutional reforms.
• F. None of above. chosen