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Flowers, Sara M. – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2016
Citizens need to be college prepared in higher numbers and with greater urgency than in the past. This growing need for a college-prepared workforce places increased demand on schools to create college-ready students. The Career and College Readiness Standards for much of public education foster the skills and dispositions for academic excellence,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Bound Students, College Preparation, College Readiness
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Spaaij, Ramon – Sport, Education and Society, 2012
This article explores the concepts of social and cultural capital as analytical tools for investigating the capacity of sport-based intervention programs to contribute to the personal, social and professional development of disadvantaged young people. It draws on survey data (n = 129) and qualitative interviews (n = 53) with participants of the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Disadvantaged, Youth Programs, Program Effectiveness