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Susan Rutherford – ProQuest LLC, 2024
States recognize that a workforce skill shortage exists and have started educational initiatives to prepare students for workforce readiness and postsecondary success. There is a growing consensus among states that the goal of our education system is to prepare students for a career, college, or the military by providing all students with…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Military Service, Credentials
Casey B. Brown – ProQuest LLC, 2024
As states and higher education institutions continue to face headwinds in attempting to develop and refine initiatives targeting student success metrics and enrollment management objectives, dual enrollment programs have become increasingly prevalent nationwide. Stakeholders have turned to these early postsecondary programs based on their…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Dual Enrollment, Student Attitudes, College Readiness
Christina Cooper – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Strands in the extant literature show many students graduate from high school illprepared to be successful in the postsecondary environment. The purpose of this study is to better understand best practices for achieving first-year student success within the realm of higher education. First-year college students may experience challenges in…
Descriptors: College Readiness, College Freshmen, Best Practices, Success
Vickie C. Butler – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study examined the college and career efforts of adult education programs in South Carolina. Using a survey developed by the National Resource Center "Exploring College and Career Readiness in South Carolina Secondary Schools", adult education directors were surveyed. The survey instrument was adapted to include adult education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, College Readiness, Career Readiness
Natasa Janjusic – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The proposed work focused on the development and feasibility of a project aiming to introduce college readiness skills to youth who were in the foster care system in order to increase their perception of self-efficacy in an educational setting. With this increase in self-efficacy, foster youth who are generally disadvantaged when attaining and…
Descriptors: Foster Care, College Readiness, Capstone Experiences, Females
Fariha Khalil – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative phenomenological research employed purposive sampling to delve into the educational concept of equity disparity stemming from college readiness programs. The study specifically targeted teachers and administrators who possessed firsthand experience with the phenomenon of inequity observed among students achieving success within…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Admission Criteria, Student Participation, Equal Education
Kristin Brown-Massey – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Our educational system must constantly change and evolve to fully equip our students with the support and resources needed to succeed. However, the needs of first-generation students--students who desire to go to college but whose parents did not attend--are oftentimes not considered as part of these educational changes. These students encounter…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, High School Students, College Bound Students, College Readiness
Kelly Efird Simmons – ProQuest LLC, 2024
College readiness has been a primary focus of U.S. secondary education for over 40 years. Despite the continued focus on college readiness at the national, state, and local levels, researchers have claimed that educational reforms have resulted in little gains in students' college readiness, warranting continued emphasis and research. To advance…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Dual Enrollment, College Readiness, Teacher Attitudes
Jones, Raytosha – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study will examine the first-to-second-year college persistence of students who graduated from Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) in the class of 2018. The study seeks to understand how the attainment of college readiness indicators correlates with college persistence in two categories of students, resourced and under-resourced.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Students, College Readiness, State Standards
Sara Jean Den Herder – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were adopted by most states in the United States to improve academic rigor, which in turn is believed to better prepare graduating high school students for college and careers. Yet, it is not as well understood whether CCSS Initiative-aligned instruction potentially better prepares all students, thereby availing…
Descriptors: Colleges, College Freshmen, Academic Advising, Faculty Advisers
Raye L. Thompson – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The Pennsylvania Department of Education revised the statewide graduation requirement (Act 158) to include postsecondary preparedness effective with the 2023 graduation class. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was adopted to mandate schools to provide the resources to assist students to meet academic standards leading to career and college…
Descriptors: School Counselors, High Schools, Counselor Role, Postsecondary Education
Chelsey LuAnn Vincent – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Despite many theories on student success as well as many resources to help students make the transition from high school to college, many students do not persist in or graduate from college. The purpose of this dissertation is to provide insight into what takes place when students leave P-12 institutions and enter institutions of higher education…
Descriptors: College Readiness, High School Graduates, College Freshmen, Research Universities
Deborah A. Quiñones – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of the study was to write individual narrative stories about the subjective experiences of six students who entered college and had to take at least one remedial course their first semester. A subjective experience refers to the emotional and cognitive impact of the personal account of an experience (Subjective Experience, n.d.). The…
Descriptors: Remedial Instruction, Student Experience, College Freshmen, College Readiness
Walter Choplick – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The emphasis on testing within the curriculum in high schools in the United States has led to fewer opportunities for students to participate in elective courses. Federal and state testing mandates have contributed to the trend of students taking higher-level courses such as Advanced Placement (AP) and College in the High School (CHS) at the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Advanced Placement, Music Education, Student Motivation
Robertson, James B. Andrew – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study sought to examine transition readiness rates in the state of Kentucky to gauge if there was any difference based on socioeconomic status (SES). Public school districts were identified and data was gathered to determine transition readiness rates as well as data to determine SES. Free and reduced meal (FARM) rates were used to determine…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Career Readiness, College Readiness, Public Schools
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