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ERIC Number: ED640152
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023-May-12
Pages: 26
Abstractor: ERIC
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College Access in Baltimore: A Decade of College-Going among City Schools Graduates
Rachel E. Durham; Zyrashae Smith; Curt Cronister; Nathaniel A. Dewey; Marc L. Stein
Baltimore Education Research Consortium
Baltimore City Public Schools includes approximately 30 high schools, and the characteristics of each school's graduates vary systematically according to schools' admissions policies, curricular areas of focus, and resource availability, which depend on school size, management type, and leaders' priorities. This report summarizes trends in college-related outcomes among City Schools graduates over a ten-year timespan, from 2011 to 2020. The data presented centers on core activities in accessing college, from applying for admission and financial aid, to college enrollment and, ultimately, degree completion. The authors acknowledge that pursuing postsecondary education is but one path to independent adulthood. Many young adults wish to engage in other types of training and preparation that are not represented in this report, such as apprenticeships, on-the-job training, and military service. However, research concludes that individuals with at least some college education have higher lifetime earnings (Kim & Tamborini, 2019), better health outcomes (Kaplan et al., 2017), and greater civic engagement (Campbell, 2009). Moreover, higher education attainment in the aggregate yields benefits for the local economy (Koropeckyj et al., 2017) and greater well-being for the community (Baum et al., 2013). The authors thus offer the data in this report as one means of monitoring opportunity for Baltimore youth and Baltimore City as a whole.
Baltimore Education Research Consortium. 2701 North Charles Street Suite 300, Baltimore, MD 21218. Tel: 410-516-4044; Web site: http://www.baltimore-berc.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research-practitioner Partnerships; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC)
Identifiers - Location: Maryland
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