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The confluence of several demographic, institutional, economic, and te
chnological changes may not only alter fundamentally the way we think
about what it means to go to college but also change the methodologies
we now use to assess the impact of college. in this article, we outli
ne and discuss the implications of four such forces: the changing unde
rgraduate student population, the increasing importance of community c
olleges, shrinking financial support for higher education, and the ris
e of information technology.