Youth and higher education
A recent study by ACT, Inc. shows that nearly three out of 10 first-year college students are placed immediately into remedial course upon entry into post secondary education.
Research has also linked this directly to college dropouts – and may even prevent youth from applying to college in the first place!
What is going on here? Why is this happening and what can we do about it?
Research has also linked this directly to college dropouts – and may even prevent youth from applying to college in the first place!
What is going on here? Why is this happening and what can we do about it?
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Permalink Reply by Amy Engelman on -
Retention is an issue that is unfortunately not given quite the attention as recruitmen but is clearly just as vital to the success of youth. I would love to hear what other folks are doing about college prep and retention. I know there's some great practices out there!
A good start might be checking out www.collegeincolorado.org and find useful resources for getting into and paying for college, including how you can get involved with College Friday, starting April 3rd!!!
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Permalink Reply by Andrea Bloomquist on -
It is a huge problem. Some people call the time between secondary and post-secondary school the "Pipeline". The problem is that secondary and post-secondary educational institutions are not integrated in such a way that would result in a High School Diploma = College Readiness. I got my masters in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the U of Washington, and there is a center called The Pipeline Project: http://www.washington.edu/uwired/pipeline/about.html. They are connected with the Center for Experiential Learning (also at UW) and they have some great ideas. The other extremely impressive program, started by a UW undergrad and my friend Alula Asfaw, is called the Dream Project. They say it is a "pull in" instead of a "reach out" program. In the program, undergrads opt to take a class that addresses many of the educational inequities and "holes" in the pipeline (to understand why some kids get to go to college and others don't). Then, after they have developed understanind and empathy, they go into area high schools and help students through the college application process, from step 0 to 100. It is an absolutely remarkable program, and totally student run! http://depts.washington.edu/uwdrmprj/. Hope that helps :)
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Permalink Reply by Amy Engelman on
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Wow! What an amazing program!! Thanks for the resource Andrea!
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Permalink Reply by Amy Engelman on
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www.collegeincolorado.org has an amazing amount of career development resources and support for middle school students through adults in job transitions.
Check it out! They have free ACT, SAT, GRE prep; a guide to determining a career track based on your interests: and it's FREE & confidential for your personal growth purposes.
Their staff is able to do trainings for free anywhere across the state for adults and youth.
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