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Large numbers of qualified students do not apply to and enroll in college. Yet, earning a college degree is one of the primary pathways for economic success and is increasingly required for good jobs and high wages. A number of programs and practices aim to improve college readiness and enrollment, including "Take Stock in Children's®…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Graduation Rate, Higher Education, Mentors
Direct linkKolluri, Suneal; Tierney, William – Tertiary Education and Management, 2018
College for All approaches to secondary education have gained prominence over recent decades. This trend has resulted in scholarly criticism. College is inappropriate for many students, and insisting that all students attend ensures failure, frustration and debt. The College for All policy, intended to enhance democratic equality and undermine…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Higher Education, Democratic Values, Critical Theory
Shireman, Robert; Baum, Sandy; Steele, Patricia – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2012
Over the past year, the authors have discussed college prices, college quality, and student financial aid with elected officials and staff from several state legislatures, financial aid administrators from a variety of campuses, and policy analysts from Washington DC advocacy organizations. They have also been able to informally gain insights at…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Audiences, Higher Education, Educational Quality
Anderson, Jill – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Beginning in March 2012, my public scholarship with deported and returning young adults originated from an ethnographic and oral history framework based upon participant research action methodology (Seidman 2006). In collaboration with the Asamblea Popular de Familias Migrantes (APOFAM), I began to meet with groups of returning and deported young…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Mexicans, Ethnography, Oral History
Miller, Beth R. – 1988
Information on successful postsecondary education for students with learning disabilities is provided. Suggestions on preparation and pre-planning for postsecondary education focus on the parents' role during pre-school, elementary school, junior high school, and high school. The school or career center counselor needs to be aware of the special…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Advocacy, College Attendance
Committee for Economic Development, 2005
This guide provides business leaders with a starting point for establishing a dialogue on higher education reform. Business leaders have a vested interest in ensuring that our institutions of higher education remain accessible, accountable, and affordable, because higher education provides the skilled workforce that businesses increasingly need.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Higher Education, Labor Force Development, Corporations
