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Direct linkCindy Capitolin Laurent – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study aimed to investigate and improve the college readiness of students in an innercity public school. Recent statistics on college completion in a prominent city in the U.S. reveal that only 52% of students from inner-city schools graduate with college degrees within six years. This is quite worrisome, considering that 71% of jobs in that…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, College Readiness, Urban Schools, College Graduates
Robinson, Jessica Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2017
A college-going high school program called Rise Up has enjoyed years of success with its program participants but has yet to demonstrate why the program alumni have entered college at such high rates (91.6% of alumni enter college upon high school graduation). Through interviews and focus groups with 46 college-going alumni, this research examined…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Attendance, Access to Education, Social Capital
