AISD's Project ADVANCE (Assess, Decide, Visit, Apply Now for your College Education) received $994,775 from the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation (MSDF) to support college and career preparation efforts in all 12 district high schools. During the 2005-2006 school year, the Project ADVANCE staff at each campus worked with high school students and…

The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education and the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning have awarded David Spence, its 2006 Virginia B. Smith Award for Innovative Leadership in Higher Education. Mr. Spence is formerly executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer of the California State University system and now…

This report focuses on the role of the college-preparatory curriculum in improving the academic achievement and college readiness of students from high schools in the member districts of the Council of the Great City Schools. Specifically, the report addresses the following questions: (1) Is taking a core college-preparatory curriculum and…

As part of its work in developing a performance accountability framework for higher education, the Commission conducted an analysis of student performance on standardized tests at the high school and middle school levels. National test results show that California is behind most other states in giving its students a high school education of the…

Being that educational disparities, manifested through socioeconomic instability, were a major contributing factor to the Los Angeles riots, it is important to examine how public high schools are now shaping the postsecondary opportunities of underrepresented students. Using opportunity-to-learn (OTL) and bounded rationality as frames, this…

Describes the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) program of recruiting minority high school students for engineering careers. The program includes Saturday and summer courses for juniors and seniors in engineering concepts and skills and reading and communication skills, on-the-job training, and placement in a regular 4-year engineering…

PROGRESS MADE TOWARD ESTABLISHING AN ADVANCED PROGRAM IN ENGLISH IS DISCUSSED. THE IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO OFFER THE BEST COLLEGE-BOUND TWELFTH-GRADE STUDENTS INSTRUCTION AND PRACTICE IN COMPOSITION. THIS INSTRUCTION SHOULD INCREASE THE PROBABILITY THAT COOPERATING COLLEGES WILL EXCUSE THEM FROM THE USUAL FRESHMAN COMPOSITION…

This report poses four important questions for states about their students' readiness and answers these questions using data from ACT and College Board reports. Clarifying the issues of college readiness that confront member states of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) should provide states with tools for current and future policy…

This paper analyzes approaches to facilitating school-university transition in South Africa and explores the theories underlying this process. A review of the literature and a case study of the process at the University of Port Elizabeth (UPE) show what is happening to the school-university transition at the end of apartheid. UPE has taken a…

Discusses four initiatives proposed by the Alliance for Excellent Education (www.all4ed.org) to improve student success in high school. Involves adolescent literacy, teacher and principal quality, college preparation, and smaller learning communities. Argues for more federal investment in secondary schools. (PKP)

In a study of student and school sources of cultural and social capital, small rural high schools were found to prepare college-eligible Hispanic high school students in greater proportions than large urban high schools. (Author)

The Pre-College Program (PCP) promotes high school completion and college graduation of disadvantaged students who show potential in mathematics and natural science. Follow-up study of 157 PCP participants revealed that PCP participants completed high schools, tended to enter post-secondary training, and tended to enter into mathematics or science…

A study of adolescents (210 in college prep and 164 in vocational education) indicated that 85% of college prep and 41.5% of vocational students desired professional jobs; vocational students expected their jobs would have lower status; males were less likely to believe they would attain bachelor's degrees and more likely to pursue other…

The emerging information-based occupational society emphasizes education-work relationships. Counselors must make students aware of forecasts of a lower need for four-year college graduates and increased jobs for two-year postsecondary graduates and help them develop alternatives to four-year college attendance. (SK)