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 ex...

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Other Authors: Hoffman, Nancy, Vargas, Joel, Venezia, Andrea, 1969-, Miller, Marc S., 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : 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.
Physical Description:ix, 319 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-299) and index.
ISBN:9781891792458 (pbk.)
1891792458 (pbk.)
9781891792465 (library ed.)
1891792466 (library ed.)