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Author(s):	Trusty, J
Title:	Relationships between students' high school and middle school experiences and later completion of a Bachelor's degree
Source:	http://www.umass.edu/schoolcounseling/PDFs/Rese...
Date:	2004
Organization:	Center for School Counseling Outcome Research
Short Description:	Monograph on a study the "effects of several middle-school and high-school variables on completion versus non-complteion of the bachelor's degree."
Annotation:	In this monograph, the author explores the "effects of several middle-school and high-school variables on completion versus non-complteion of the bachelor's degree." The author's research is based on the data from a national study spanning 12 years. The author asserts the most significant effects were from academically intenstive science and math courses taken in high school. Finally, the author uses the findings to develop the "Long-Term Educational Development model," which "identifies the salient influences on students' long-term educational development. This is intended to act as a guide for counseling, education-career planning, and leadership and advocacy for students' educational development.
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The trouble with Black boys: The role and influence of environmental and cultural factors on the academic performance of African American Boys

High school counselors handbook 2004-05

College preparation checklist

Grants for students: What they do, why they work

Paying double: Inadequate high schools and community college remediation

High school guidance counselors: Facilitators or preemptors of social stratification in education

Economic outcomes of high school completers and non-completers 8 years later

Measuring what matters: Creating a longitudinal data system using data to improve student achievement

State of decline? Gaps in college access and achievement call for renewed commitment to educating Californians

Miles to go: Louisiana

Increasing the achievement of Native American youth at early college high schools

Education and incarceration

High school to college and careers: Aligning state policies

America's high school graduates: Results from the 2005 NAEP high school transcript study

Career academies: Impacts on labor market outcomes and educational attainment

New Technology High School postsecondary student success study

The toolbox revisited: Paths to degree completion from high school through college

Healthier and wealthier: Decreasing healthcare costs by increasing educational attainment

Writing next: Effective strategies to improve writing of adolescents in middle and high school

Recent STEM initiatives

Building pathways to success for low-skill adult students: Lessons for community college policy and practice from a longitudinal student tracking study

Childcare and early childhood education: More information sharing and program review by HHS could enhance access for families with limited English proficiency

Tapping America's potential: The education for innovation initiative

How outreach programs are implemented affects student achievement

Improving high-school-to-college transition through leadership and governance

Engaged learning: Fostering success for all students

National Indian education study part II: The educational experiences of fourth- and eighth-grade American Indian and Alaska Native students

Qualified teachers for at-risk schools: A national imperative

The alternative pathways project: A framework for dropout reduction and recovery

Improving academic achievement in urban districts: What state policymakers can do

Who's left behind? Immigrant children in high and low LEP schools

Charter high schools: Closing the achievement gap

Closing the achievement gap: An overview

Collegiate learning assessement project

U.S. student and adult performance on international assessments of educational achievement

Event Dropout Rates for Public School Students in grades 9-12: 2002-3 and 2003-4

The path through graduate school: A longitudinal examination 10 years after bachelor’s degree

Realizing the college dream (English and Spanish versions)

Using EPAS™ to evaluate school-based intervention programs: GEAR UP

Answering the question that matters most: Has student achievement increased since No Child Left Behind?

Preparing all Indiana youth for life in the global human capital economy

Education watch Indiana: Key education facts and figures 2006

Education watch Washington: Key education facts and figures 2004

Education watch Washington: Key education facts and figures 2006

Improving educational attainment through extensive postsecondary encouragement services

From aspirations to action: The role of middle school parents in making the dream of college a reality

Transfer between community colleges and four-year colleges: The all-American game

The 2007 Brown Center report on American education: How well are American students learning?

Career preparation curriculum

Missouri guidance and placement lessons: Applying employment readiness skills and the skills for on-the-job success

Are teachers prepared for racially diverse schools? Teachers describe their preparation, resources, and practices for racially diverse schools

Indiana's adult education and workforce skills performance report: Preparing adults for a brighter future

Status and trends in the education of racial and ethnic minorities

The professional mentor program plus: An academic success and retention tool for adult learners

From cradle to career: Connecting American education from birth through adulthood; Colorado state report

Giving students a chance to achieve: Getting off to a fast and successful start in grade nine

The national articulation and transfer network

What works clearinghouse: Middle school math

Validity of high-school grades in predicting student success beyond the freshman year: High-school record vs. standardized tests as indicators of four-year college outcomes

Putting English language learners on the educational map: The No Child Left Behind Act implemented

Experiences that matter: Enhancing student learning and success

A call to action: Why America must innovate

Schools need good leaders now: State progress in creating a learning-centered school leadership system

Postsecondary Access and Success

Minorities in higher education twenty-second annual status report: 2007 supplement

Education longitudinal study of 2002 (ELS:2002): A first look at the initial postsecondary experiences of the high school Sophomore class of 2002

Education watch Florida: Key education facts and figures 2006

Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG.org)

Achievement trap: How America is failing millions of high-achieving students from lower-income families

Are they really ready to work? Employers perspectives on the basic knowledge and applied skills of new entrants to the 21st century U.S. workforce

Partnership for 21st Century Skills

Asian Pacific Islander American Students and U.S. high schools

Indiana Department of Education: Career guidance - high school

Ohio's career development program

A Better Chance.org

Overlooked gems: A national perspective on low-income promising learners

Projections of education statistics to 2016

The CollegeKeys Compact: Getting ready, getting in, and getting through college: Expanding options for low-income students

Feeling the Florida heat? How low-performing schools respond to voucher and accountability pressure

Promising practices for community college developmental education

The real technology challenge

Encouraging girls in math and science

Knowing how and where to obtain information about the world of work and post-secondary training/education

Raising achievement and graduation rates by supporting teachers in developing quality classroom instruction

High school dropout: A quick stats fact sheet

National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER)

Quality counts 2008: Indiana report

Power tools: Designing state community college data and performance measurement systems to increase student success

Accelerated developmental education project

What works in remediation: Lessons from 30 years of research

Indiana campus compact

Enhancing student services at Owens Community College: Early results from the Opening Doors demonstration in Ohio

The role of interim assessments in a comprehensive assessment system: A policy brief

Earnings by attainment

From cradle to career: Connecting American education from birth through adulthood; California state report

Search Institute

Raising the Bar: Policy Recommendations for high school reform

Persistence and attainment of 2003-04 beginning postsecondary students: After three years

College is possible: A guide for undocumented students

Comprehensive school reform quality center report on middle and high school comprehensive school reform models

Comprehensive School Reform Quality Center

Dropout prevention for students with disabilities: A critical issue for state education agencies

Is college right for your child?: How to weigh the pros and cons

College degree nearly doubles annual earnings; Indiana lags nation in attainment of bachelor's degree

Graduate migration from Indiana's postsecondary institutions

Opening Doors project publications

Do Current State Standards and Assessments Reflect College Readiness?: A Case Study

Using PLAN to identify student readiness for advanced courses in high school

Demography is not destiny: Increasing the graduation rates of low-income college students at large public universities

Developing the STEM education pipeline

A voice from the middle

Helping equip teachers to answer students' questions on college knowledge

Profile of undergraduates in U.S. postsecondary education institutions: 2003-04, With a special analysis of community college students

The progress of education reform 2007: Same-sex schooling

Improving college readiness and success for all students: A joint responsibility between K-12 and postsecondary education

Closing the achievement gap series part II: Response to intervention (RTI), basic elements, practical applications, and policy recommendations

Successful bilingual schools: Six effective programs in California

Getting there–and beyond: Building a culture of college-going in high schools

School-to-career and post-secondary education: Evidence from the Philadelphia educational longitudinal study

Engaging students, challenging the odds

A whole 'nother world: Students navigating community college

The context of "choice" in college pathways

What it's worth: Field of training and economic status: 2001

Liberal education outcomes: A preliminary report on student achievement in college

Latino student success at Hispanic serving institutions

What works for Latino students

Keeping America competitive: Five strategies to improve mathematics and science education

Articulation, alignment, and the challenge of college-readiness

Literacy in everyday life: Results from the 2003 national assessment of adult literacy`

Educational opportunity for all?

Rigor at risk: Reaffirming quality in the high school core curriculum

Labor force participation in formal work-related education in 2000-01

Children at risk: Consequences for school readiness and beyond

Proven benefits of early childhood interventions

Students entering and leaving postsecondary occupational education: 1995-2001

College learning for the new global century

Reading next: A vision for action and research in middle and high school literacy

Demography as destiny: How America can build a better future

Why the crisis in adolescent literacy demands a national response

Teacher attrition: A costly loss to the nation and to the states

Every child, every promise: Turning failure into action

Intercollegiate athletes and effective educational practice: Winning combination or losing effort

Schools to watch

National forum to accelerate middle grades reform

Moving on: State policies to address academic brain drain in the South

America's perfect storm: Three forces changing our nation's future

Opening doors: Promoting student success in community college and beyond

Income and financial aid effects on persistence and degree attainment in public colleges

Beyond NCLB: Fulfilling the promise to our nation's children

Pacific Islanders lagging behind in higher educational attainment

Saving futures, saving dollars: The impact of education on crime reduction and earnings

Double the work: Challenges and solutions to acquiring academic literacy for adolescent English language learners

Academic pathways, preparation, and performance: A descriptive overview of the transcripts from the high school graduating class of 2003-04

The talent development high school model: Context, components, and initial impacts on ninth-grade students' engagement and performance

What do we know: Seeking effective math and science instruction

The high cost of failing to reform public education in Indiana

Promoting college access and success: A review of credit-based transition programs

Creating helping environments for college-going: The CHEPA CHEC-list for counselors

The taxonomy of career development interventions that occur in America's secondary schools

Forgotten students: American Indian high school students' narratives on college going

Where the boys aren't: Recent trends in U.S. college enrollment patterns

Leaving boys behind: Public high school graduation rates

Part II: Institutional strategies, strategies to increase student success

As America becomes more diverse: The impact of state higher education inequality

En route to the baccalaureate: Community college student outcomes

Does public funding for higher education matter?

Bridge Partnership

Analyzing state and regional K-16 policies: A toolkit for researchers and policy analysts

Youth indicators 2005: Trends in the well-being of American youth

Student success: Statewide P-16 systems -- early outreach

OECD Programme for international student assessment

The link between high school reform and college access and success for low-income and minority youth

Status and trends in the education of American Indians and Alaska Natives

Reality check 2006: Are parents and students ready for more math and science

Pathways to a four-year degree: The higher education story of one generation

Every child a graduate: A framework for an excellent education for all middle and high school students

Waiting to attend college: Students who delay postsecondary enrollment

Standards for what? The economic roots of K-16 reform

Transition from high school to postsecondary education and employment for students with disabilities

Dollars and sense: The cost effectiveness of small schools

Diversity and persistence in Indiana higher education: The impact of preparation, major choices, and financial aid

Developing and using student data: Bartholomew county's six year follow-up study

To ensure America's future: Building a national opportunity system for adults

Primary progress, secondary challenge

Investing in the education of older students: A summary of the evidence

Access and persistence: Winter 2006

Increasing the college preparedness of at-risk students

American higher education: How does it measure up for the twenty-first century

Effective college transition planning for students with learning disabilities: What does the research tell us?

College access in Indiana and the United States: A 2003-04 status report

The big payoff: Educational attainment and synthetic estimates of work-life earnings

Paths to persistence: An analysis of research on program effectiveness at community colleges

Challenging the myths: Rethinking the role of school counselors

When it comes to school, girls rule

Gender gap among undergraduates could stem from wage premium for women, study finds

Descriptive summary of 1995-96 beginning postsecondary students: Six years later

Who goes to college? High school context, academic preparation, the college choice process, and college attendance

School relationships foster success for African American students

Ticket to nowhere: The gap between leaving high school and entering college and high performance jobs

Mexican Americans and other Latinos in postsecondary education: Institutional influences

1992-93 Bachelor's degree recipients and their opinions about education in 2003

2006-2007 NASFAA financial aid night and counselor's materials

Early college high school initiative

Transitions to college: From theory to practice

Beyond high school: Improving transition programs for postsecondary education

An action agenda for improving America's high schools

Work-based learning and higher education: A research perspective

The early college high school: The initiative at a glance

Educational attainment of people 18 years and over, by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin, for the 25 largest states: March 2000

Educational attainment of the population 25 years and over, by state

Latino students and the educational pipeline: From middle school to the workforce

Latino students and the educational pipeline: Pathways to the bachelor’s degree for Latino students

The American diploma project: Overview of research

Improving college access for minority, low-income, and first-generation students

Opening doors to postsecondary education and training: Planning for life after high school

The role of school counselors in serving students with disabilities

State policies to bring adult learning into focus

Big ideas: Dropout prevention strategies: Achievement for Latinos through Academic Success (ALAS)

Beating the odds: The real challenges behind the math achievement gap - and what high-achieving schools can teach us about how to close it

Reaching higher college completion (working paper)

Ten years after college: Comparing the employment experiences of 1992-93 Bachelor's degree recipients with academic and career-oriented majors

Lost in transition: Building a better path from school to college and careers

The enhanced reading opportunities study: Early impact and implementation findings

Crafting a new vision for high school: How states can join academic and technical studies to promote more powerful learning

Best practices in student support services: A study of five exemplary sites

Second to none in attainment, discovery, and innovation: The national agenda for higher education

National study of student support services. Third-year longitudinal study results and program implementation study update

Turning around chronically low-performing schools

A model of success: The model institution's for excellence program's successful leadership in STEM education (1995-2007)

Beyond access: Explaining socioeconomic differences in college transfer

Tapping America's Potential

Starting right: A first look at engaging entering students

Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE)

Center for Law and Social Policy

Trends among high school seniors 1972-2004

Science and mathematics education indicators

Survey finds that Hoosier students are setting their sights on higher education

A matter of trust: Ten key insights from recent public opinion research on attitudes about education among Hispanic parents

For every 100 girls...

Counselors and Mentors Handbook on Federal Student Aid: A Guide for Those Helping Students Prepare for Postsecondary Education

GEAR UP Resources Clearinghouse Homepage

Moving into students' spaces: The impact of academic advising on student engagement among undecided students

National evaluation of Upward Bound: Summary of first-year impacts and program operations

Anderson University: ADVANCE

Critical conditions for equity and diversity in college access: Informing policy and monitoring results

Sizing up state standards: 2008

Urban school counseling: Implications for practice and training

The transformative individual school counseling model: An accountability model for urban school counselors

Doing What Works - Research based education practices online

Mapping new directions: Higher education for older adults

High schools as launch pads: How college-going culture improves graduation rates in low-income high schools

The community college transfer calculator: Identifying the course-taking patterns that predict transfer to a four-year institution

The costs of failure factories in American higher education

Creating postsecondary pathways to good jobs for young high school dropouts: The possibilities and the challenges

Indiana Latino Institute, Inc.

Corporate investments in college readiness and access

Ensuring college success: Scaffolding experiences for students and faculty in an early college high school

Early and often: Designing a comprehensive system of financial aid information

Test drive: Six states pilot better ways to measure and compare community college performance

Using early-warning data to improve graduation rates: Closing cracks in the education system

Community colleges: Special supplement to the Condition of Education 2008

Pathways to boosting the earnings of low-income students by increasing their educational attainment

Benchmarking for success: Ensuring US students receive a world-class education

The role of nonacademic factors in college readiness and success

Educational outcomes for children and youth in foster and out-of-home care

A stronger nation through higher education: How and why Americans must meet a "big goal" for college attainment

The future of middle-skill jobs

Aligning multiple campus initiatives: A practice brief based on BEAMS project outcomes

Cultivating generative connections, commitment, and engagement among campus constituencies: A practice brief based on BEAMS project outcomes

The Bologna Process for US eyes: Re-learning higher education in the Age of Convergence

Value of a college education (calculator)

Comparative indicators of education in the United States and other G-8 countries: 2009

Learning around the clock: Benefits of expanded learning opportunities for older youth

Youth and schools today: Why SEL is needed

The economic impact of the achievement gap in America's schools

International Benchmarking Toolkit

Race to the top: Promising approaches to achieving college- and career-ready goals

Race to the top: Promising approaches to establishing meaningful data systems fostering continuous improvement

Improving student success by strengthening developmental education in community colleges: The role of state policy

Community colleges: A route of upward economic mobility

The nation's report card: NAEP 2008: Trends in academic progress

Help wanted: Postsecondary education and training required

Paying for college success: An introduction to the performance-based scholarship demonstration

Training tomorrow's workforce: Community college and apprenticeship as collaborative routes to rewarding careers

The benefits to taxpayers from increases in students' educational attainment

Assets and liabilities, educational expectations, and children's college degree attainment

Changes in postsecondary degrees below the Bachelor's: 1997-2007

The role of guidance in post-secondary planning

College enrollment hits an all-time high, fueled by community college surge

BC AVID: Early Implementation Report -- Executive Summary

BC AVID: Early implementation report

Foundations for success: Short-term impacts report

Teacher and staff activities to create a college-going culture

Hispanicity and educational inequality: Risks, opportunities and the nation's future

Latinos and education: Explaining the attainment gap

From high school to the future: Making hard work pay off: The road to college for students in CPS's academically advanced programs

College-going culture rubric

Educational Policy Improvement Center

Military service members and veterans in higher education: What the new GI Bill may mean for postsecondary institutions

Making high school students into "college material"

A profile of successful Pell Grant recipients: Time to Bachelor's degree and early graduate school enrollment

Guiding the way to higher education: Step by step to college workshops for students curriculum (middle school, early high school, late high school)

A new goal for America's high schools: College preparation for all

The 2008 Brown Center report on American education: How well are American students learning

Moving beyond AYP: High school performance indicators

A synthesis of grade retention research: Looking backward and moving forward

Using increased funding under the Workforce Investment Act to create multiple pathways to marketable postsecondary credentials and middle-class employment

Smart options: Investing the recovery funds for student success

A plan for success: Communities of color define policy priorities for high school reform

The Education Equality Project: Improving teacher quality

Keeping score when it counts: Assessing the 2008-09 bowl-bound college football teams: Academic performance improves, but race still matters

Rising tuition and enrollment in public higher education

The nation's report card: 2007 At a glance

Selected states response to supporting high school English language learners

Diplomas and dropouts: Which colleges actually graduate their students (and which don't)

National opportunity to learn campaign: Lost opportunity: A 50 state report on the oppotunity to learn in America

National opportunity to learn campaign: State data and analysis

Improving low performing high schools: Searching for evidence of promise

Overcoming doubts about online learning

Keeping middle grades students on the path to success in high school: Increasing engagement and achievement in SREB states

Between two worlds: How young Latinos come of age in America

Benchmarking the success of Latina and Latino students in STEM to achieve national graduation goals

Innovations in college readiness: How early college schools are preparing students underrepresented in higher education for college success

Race to the Top: Accelerating college and career readiness in states: Sustaining the Race to the Top reforms

College readiness issue brief: Aligning P-12 and postsecondary education: Toward a seamless P-16 education system

Deloitte 2009 education survey overview: Redefining high school as a launch pad

American Diploma Project (ADP) end-of-course exams: 2009 Annual report

Race to the Top: Accelerating college and career readiness in states: Teacher effectiveness

The nation's report card: Reading 2009

Keeping score when it counts: Assessing the 2009-10 bowl-bound college football teams - academic performance improves but race still matters

Multiple Pathways in California: A New Option for High School Reform

College- and career-ready (video presentation): Giving students extra support to meet standards in challenging academic and career courses.

Terms of engagement: Men of color discuss their experiences in community college

Beating the odds: Analysis of student performance on state assessments and NAEP: Results from the 2008-09 school year

The Springboard Project: Getting ahead - staying ahead: Helping America's workforce succeed in the 21st century

Council for Exceptional Children

Preparing students for college and career: Linked learning in California

Evaluating student success interventions: Principles and practices of student success

Special report on the transfer admission process: National Association for College Admission Counseling

Who borrows most? Bachelor's degree recipients with high levels of student debt

Good data. Better policy. Stronger commitment. Improved outcomes.

PERSIST (Guide to improve higher education persistence, retention, and success)

Reaching higher: Strategic initiatives for higher education in Indiana (Updated 2010 Version)

A new national approach to career navigation for working learners

Digest of Education Statistics, 2009

What educators should learn from ER

The foreclosure generation: The long-term impact of the foreclosure crisis on Latino children and families

College for Every Student (CFES): Assessment of student outcomes 2007-08

Comparing achievement between K-8 and middle schools: A large empirical study

Restructuring 'restructuring': Improving interventions for low-performing schools and districts

Altered state: How the Virginia community college system has used Achieving the Dream to improve student success

Eight components of college and career readiness counseling

A national talent strategy: Ideas for securing US competitiveness and economic growth

Lifting Latinos up by their 'rootstraps': Moving beyond trauma through a healing-informed framework for Latino boys and men

2012: Closing the expectations gap: 50-state progress report on the alignment of K-12 policies and practice with the demands of college and careers

Graduating to a pay gap: The earnings of women and men one year after college graduation

A problem still in search of a solution: A state policy roadmap for improving early education

Autonomy and innovation: Systemic change in a decentralized state

A framework for advancing career and technical education: Recommendations for the reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Act

Bridging the gap: An impact study of eight developmental summer bridge programs in Texas

Denied? The impact of student debt on the ability to buy a house

Education, job openings, and unemployment in metropolitan America

An examination of the information technology job market

Using state policies to ensure effective assessment and placement in postsecondary education

Choosing who delivers: The impact of placing limits on the delivery of remedial education at four-year institutions

APSCU's five tenents of veteran education

The nation's report card: Science 2011

Professional college knowledge: Re-envisioning how we prepare our college readiness workforce

The condition of education 2012 (Website)

Refocusing adult education on career and postsecondary success: An analysis of adult education (Title II) in WIA reauthorization proposals

The importance of being in school: A report on absenteeism in the nation's public schools

Using dual enrollment policy to improve college & career readiness: A web tool for decision makers

Transforming the educational experience of young men of color: Companion workbook

Labor market returns to sub-baccalaureate credentials: How much does a community college degree or certificate pay?

The economic case for higher education

Students with disabilities: Better federal coordination could lessen challenges in transition from high school

Where to begin? The evolving role of placement exams for students starting college

What Works Clearinghouse review of the report "The effects of student coaching in college: An evaluation of a randomized experiment in student mentoring"

Weighing the evidence: A conversation with community college presidents on using research to support student success outcomes

Evaluating student outcomes at for-profit colleges

Do schools challenge our students? What student surveys tell us about the state of education in the United States

Learning from the past: Drawing on California's CLAS experience to inform assessment of the Common Core

Forging new pathways: The impact of the breaking through initiative in michigan

Profile of 2007-08 first-time bachelor's degree recipients in 2009

2012 National survey of school counselors

High standards help struggling students: New evidence

View from the field: How to launch district virtual learning

Can scholarships alone help students succeed? Lessons from two New York City community colleges

Inseparable imperatives: Equity in education and the future of the American economy

Cornerstones of completion: State policy support for accelerated, structured pathways to college credentials and transfer

Ahead of the curve: State success in the developmental education initiative

The economic benefits of postsecondary degrees: A state and national level analysis

Critical perspectives on race and equity in review of higher education

The degree qualifications profile

The nation's report card: Science 2009

Breaking barriers: Plotting the path to academic success for school-age african-american males

Online learning: Does it help low-income and underprepared students?

Introduction to the Community College Research Center (CCRC) assessment of evidence series

A measured approach to improving teacher preparation

Building roads to success: Key considerations for communities and states reconnecting youth to education

7th Annual AP report to the nation

Service members in school: Military veterans' experiences using the post-9/11 GI Bill and pursuing postsecondary education

Illinois adult education bridge evaluation: Technical report

Improving undergraduate learning: Findings and policy recommendations from the SSRC-CLA longitudinal project

States' progress and challenges in implementing common core state standards

Tracking students to 200 percent of normal time: Effect on institutional graduation rates

From Wall Street to Wal-Mart: Why college graduates are not getting good jobs

Persistence and attainment of 2003–04 beginning postsecondary students: After six years

Getting students ready for college and careers: Transitional senior mathematics

Closing the college completion gap: A guidebook for the faith community

A first look at the common core and college and career readiness

Certificates count: An analysis of sub-baccalaureate certificates

Conducting a scan of your college access and success system: Why it matters, how to do it, how to use it

Subprime opportunity: The unfulfilled promsie of for-profit colleges and universities

Greening community colleges: An environmental path to improving educational outcomes

Creating opportunities in health care: The community college role in workforce partnerships

Postsecondary and labor force transitions among public high school career and technical education participants

Plugged in: Positive development strategies for disconnected Latino youth

Professional development for afterschool practitioners: The first year of the Palm Beach County Afterschool Educator Certificate program

Own the Turf: College and Career Readiness Counseling Campaign

Power play: Teacher characteristics and class assignments

Capacity building to diversify STEM: Realizing potential among HBCUs

Who wins? Who pays? The economic returns and costs of a Bachelor's degree

Learning communities for students in developmental math: Impact studies at Queensborough and Houston community colleges

Cross-system collaboration for reconnecting youth

Projections of education statistics to 2019

Beyond basic skills: State strategies to connect low-skilled students to an employer-valued postsecondary education

Opening doors to student success: A synthesis of findings from an evaluation at six community colleges

Making the grade: Texas early college high schools prepare students for the future

Across the great divide: Perspectives of CEOs and college presidents on America's higher education and skills gap

Parents' guide to student success

Early college graduates: Adapting, thriving, and leading in college

Steps taken on the path forward

Teacher and leader effectiveness in high-performing education systems

Implementing the common core state standards: An action agenda for higher education

National Opportunity to Learn Campaign

Understanding the K-12 common core standards in English language arts and literacy in history/social studies, science, and technical subjects

Effectiveness of fully online courses for college students: Response to a department of education meta-analysis

Status and trends in the education of minority groups

Dual enrollment: Postsecondary/secondary partnerships to prepare students

Using state data to promote continuous improvement of workforce programs: Guidance for states preparing applications to the U.S. DOL workforce data quality initiative

Postsecondary educational trajectories of urban youth: Addressing vulnerabilities and barriers to enrollment and persistence

Southern Regional Education Board: Moving Ahead: State progress reports on Challenge to Lead goals

Setting statewide college- and career-ready goals

A sharper focus on technical workers: How to educate and train for the global economy

Big gaps, small gaps: Some colleges and universities do better than others in graduating Hispanic students

The linked learning approach: Building the capacity of teachers to prepare students for college and careers

A portrait of low-income young adults in education

SREB/Go Alliance

Online learning: Addressing challenges and seizing opportunities

The opportunity illusion: Subsidized housing and failing schools in California

Community College 2.0

Increasing baccalaureate attainment in Louisville: A proposed blueprint for community action

Managing contracts for educational equity: Emerging trends and issues

Academic preparation for college in the high school senior class of 2003-04

Postsecondary expectations and plans for the high school senior class of 2003-04

Changes in postsecondary awards below the bachelor's degree: 1997-2007

Partnerships between community colleges and prisons: Providing workforce education and training to reduce recidivism

Something's got to give: California can't improve college completions without rethinking developmental education at its community colleges

Helping former foster youth graduate from college: Campus support programs in California and Washington state

Mind the gaps: How college readiness narrows achievement gaps in college success

Doing more with less: The inequitable funding of community colleges

Higher education web portals: Serving state and student transfer needs

Major differences: Explaining student engagement by field of study: Annual results 2010

Achieving the dream data notes: Outcomes of first-year persisting students

Community colleges and higher education: How do state transfer and articulation policies impact student pathways?

Unions as partners: Expanding the role of organized labor in workforce development

Modeling the role of community colleges in increasing educational attainment and workforce preparedness

Evaluating programs for community college students: How do we know what works?

Getting past go: Remedial and developmental education policy at a crossroads

Dollars for degrees: Structuring post-secondary scholarships to increase student success

The hidden costs of community colleges

What gets measured gets done: Adding college-course completion to K-12 accountability systems

Using community colleges to build a STEM-skilled workforce

Ramp-up to Readiness

A community college instructor like me: Race and ethnicity interactions in the classroom

Up to the challenge: The role of career and technical education in college and career readiness

Trends in Chicago's schools across three eras of reform: Full report

Pathway to recovery: Implementing a back on track through college model

NSSE Annual results 2011: Fostering student engagement campuswide

Dropout recovery is national recovery: How federal policies can support the spread of Back on Track through College pathways

Men of color: Ensuring the academic success of Latinos in higher education

The global gender gap index: 2011

From remediation to acceleration: Early lessons from two Philadelphia back on track schools

Hidalgo early college district toolkit

Lining up: The relationship between the common core state standards and five sets of comparison standards

Learn and earn: Modeling the success of Metropolitan College: The Business-Higher Education Forum's simulation series

Using data and inquiry to build equity-focused college-going cultures

Achieving the Dream data notes: What's in a name? Are they really credential-seeking students?

Strong support, low awareness: Public perception of the common core state standards

Designing common assessments to be measures of college and career readiness: Challenges and opportunities

From information to action: Revamping higher education accountability systems

Double jeopardy: How third-grade reading skills and poverty influence high school graduation

Future skill shortages in the U.S. economy?

Percentage of states with alignment between K-12 and higher education standards

Measuring the education pipeline: Critical data elements indicating readiness, transition and success

A guide for Hispanic parents: How to help your child prepare for college and career

A diversity action blueprint: Policy parameters and model practices for higher education institutions

Five ways ed pays (Spanish language version)

Online and hybrid course enrollment and performance in Washington State Community and Technical Colleges

The undereducated American

What can we learn from law school? Legal education reflects issues found in all of higher education

Meeting the STEM workforce challenge: Leveraging higher education's untapped potential to prepare tomorrow's STEM workforce

The college completion agenda: 2011 state policy guide

Designing high quality evaluation systems for high school teachers: Challenges sand potential solutions

A new mission for the middle-grades: Preparing students for a changing world

Mobility makers

Postsecondary education student outcomes vary at for-profit, non-profit, and public schools

From birth to college: Findings from Year 1 of a process evaluation of the University of chicago charter school model

Striving for student success: A model of shared accountability

The nation's report card: Trial urban district assessment mathematics 2011

Preparing for change: A national perspective on common core state standards implementation planning

A public education primer: Basic (and sometimes surprising) facts about the U.S. education system

Pathways to success: Integrating learning with life and work to increase national college completion

Meeting the STEM workforce demand: Accelerating math learning among students interested in STEM

A crucible moment: College learning & democracy's future

Waiving away high school graduation rate accountability?

What explains trends in labor supply among U.S. undergraduates, 1970-2009?

Leading by example: A case study of peer leader programs at two Achieving the Dream colleges

Boosting postsecondary education performance

Reclaiming the American Dream: Community colleges and the nation's future: A report from the 21st century commission on the future of community colleges

The other pipeline: From prison to diploma: Community colleges and correctional education programs

It's a matter of time: Low-income students and community colleges

Easing the transition from combat to classroom: Preserving America's investment in higher education for military veterans through institutional assessment

Rethinking higher education business models: Steps toward a disruptive innovation approach to understanding and improving higher education outcomes

The great cost shift: How higher education cuts undermine the future middle class

One dream, two realities: Perspectives of parents on America's high schools

Degreeless in debt: What happens to borrowers who drop out

Unrealized promises: Unequal access, affordability, and excellence at community colleges in Southern California

Raising job quality and skills for American workers: Creating more effective education and workforce development systems in the states

Improving the odds for failing schools

Opportunity for action: Preparing youth for 21st century livelihoods

The educational experience of young men of color: A review of research, pathways and progress

Career mapping eyed to prepare students for college

It takes a whole society: Opening up the learning landscape in the high school years

Taking action for America: A CEO plan for jobs and economic growth: A skilled, prepared workforce