ch. 1. Introduction / Stacy Dickert-Conlin and Ross Rubenstein
ch. 2. Access, matriculation, and graduation / Robert Haveman and Kathryn Wilson
ch. 3. Secondary and postsecondary linkages / Michael Kirst
pt. 2. The role of institutions
ch. 4. Remedial and developmental courses / Eric P. Bettinger and Bridget Terry Long
ch. 5. Community colleges / Dan Goldhaber and Gretchen K. Peri
ch. 6. Access to elites / Amanda Pallais and Sarah E. Turner
ch. 7. Costs and implications / Amy Ellen Schwartz
pt. 3. Looking to the future
ch. 8. Reducing inequality in higher education / Ronald G. Ehrenberg