Minding the gap: why integrating high school with college makes sense and how to do it

"Minding the gap argues that in today's highly competitive, global economy, all young people need a postsecondary education. Yet only one in ten students from the lowest economic quintile in the United States currently earns a postsecondary credential. This timely and instructive book expl...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. Harvard Education Press 2007
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Summary:"Minding the gap argues that in today's highly competitive, global economy, all young people need a postsecondary education. Yet only one in ten students from the lowest economic quintile in the United States currently earns a postsecondary credential. This timely and instructive book explores policies and practices that would quickly enable a larger number of low-income and first-generation college students to earn postsecondary degrees. In doing so, Minding the gap call for a system that thoroughly integrates secondary and postsecondary education -- a system in which a college degree is the goal for all students." -- P. [4] of cover.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-299) and index
Physical Description:ix, 319 p. ill. 26 cm
ISBN:9781891792458
9781891792465