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Norris, Katherine E. L.; Martin, Gerardina L. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2021
Higher education institutions are in a great position to create authentic programming to support local underfunded or underperforming public school districts. This article gives an overview of an education outreach collaborative between a 4-year public university, local schools, and a community institution and highlights lessons learned from the…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, School Community Relationship, Mentors, High School Students
Edmunds, Kimberly A. – Online Submission, 2009
Access to a quality education is unevenly mapped by the demographic context of the communities in which public school students live. A growing body of research suggests that this geographic effect deeply challenges the goal of equalizing educational opportunities. This paper explores the relationship between students' neighborhood characteristics…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Educational Quality, Neighborhoods, Census Figures