Expanding Opportunity in Higher Education: Leveraging PromisePatricia Gándara, Gary Orfield, Catherine L. Horn State University of New York Press, 2012 M02 1 - 314 pages The dream of public higher education in America is to provide opportunity for many and to offer transformative help to American communities and the economy. Expanding Opportunity in Higher Education explores the massive challenges facing California and the nation in realizing this goal during a time of enormous demographic change. The immediate focus on California is particularly appropriate given the size of the state—it educates one out of every nine students in the country—and its checkered political record with respect to civil rights and educational inequities. The book includes essays not only by academics looking at the state's educational system as a whole, but also by those within the policy system who are trying to keep it going in difficult times. The contributors show that the destiny of California, and the nation, rests on the courage of policymakers, both within the universities and within the government, to move aggressively to reclaim the hope of millions of students who can make enormous contributions to this society if only given the chance. |
Contents
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Informing and Monitoring Californias Progress Toward Equitable College Access | 19 |
Opportunities for More Effective Coordination of State and Federal Student Aid Policies | 53 |
4 The Role of Advanced Placement and Honors Courses in College Admissions | 75 |
5 K12 and the Pipeline to Higher Education | 115 |
6 Measuring the State of Equity in Public Higher Education | 143 |
College Admissions and RacialEthnic Diversity | 167 |
California as a Case Study in the Development of a Dual Admissions Program | 193 |
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Expanding Opportunity in Higher Education: Leveraging Promise Patricia Gándara,Gary Orfield,Catherine L. Horn No preview available - 2012 |
Expanding Opportunity in Higher Education: Leveraging Promise Patricia Gandara,Gary Orfield,Catherine L. Horn No preview available - 2006 |
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