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Direct linkMurray, Linda – Educational Leadership, 2012
In its analysis of more than 15,000 high school transcripts, the Education Trust-West found that non-college-bound students tend to take a weak academic load and disconnected electives. As a result, far too many students--most often low-income students and students of color--are bound for low-level jobs, prepared for neither college nor career.…
Descriptors: Graduation Requirements, Educational Quality, Educational Change, Academic Standards
Reed, Charles B. – Trusteeship, 2010
Working with K-12 schools is a valuable way for institutions and their boards to cultivate college-ready students and equip them with a sense of purpose and direction when they arrive on campus. Key elements to preparing young students for higher education include communicating expectations clearly and consistently, reaching out to underserved…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Board of Education Role, College Preparation, Developmental Studies Programs
Cohn, Kathleen C. – School Administrator, 2010
This article discusses how school districts in California collaborate with higher education to boost college readiness and access. In Long Beach, educators from all three major institutions of learning--elementary, middle and high schools, the local university and the community college--worked together to align standards and expectations across…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Access to Education, Alignment (Education), Academic Standards
Farland, Ronnald W. – 1985
This report proposes that the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges take four actions regarding provisions for remedial education of skill deficient adults in California. First, background material indicates that the actions will have both immediate and long-range effects on the provision of remediation in the community colleges…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change
Download full textCoffey, Janis Cox – 1983
As part of a statewide study of postsecondary remedial programs and services in California, site visits were conducted at seven community colleges, four state universities, and three campuses of the University of California (UC). Interviews with at least five administrators and faculty members at each campus solicited opinions and perceptions…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Felder, Jonathan E.; Finney, Joni E.; Kirst, Michael W. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2007
"Informed math self-placement," a program implemented at American River College in Sacramento, California, to determine students' readiness for college-level math, has been in place for three years. This case study describes the development and implementation of math self-placement at American River. Math self-placement consists of a…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Algebra, Community Colleges, Case Studies
