Unlocking Doors and Expanding Opportunity: Moving Beyond the Limiting Reality of College and Career Readiness in California High Schools

Civil Society;Education and Literacy;Nonprofits and Philanthropy

Unlocking Doors and Expanding Opportunity: Moving Beyond the Limiting Reality of College and Career Readiness in California High Schools

Examines how many low-income students and students of color complete neither the courses required to apply to a four-year public university nor career technical education courses. Calls for integrated, equitable approaches to college and career readiness.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California

A New Measure of Educational Success in Texas

Civil Society;Education and Literacy;Race and Ethnicity

A New Measure of Educational Success in Texas

Analyzes the percentage of Texas public school students starting eighth grade in 1996-98 who enrolled in higher education after high school graduation and who attained a postsecondary certificate or degree within six years by race/ethnicity and gender.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Southwestern) / Texas;Global

Portraits: Initial College Attendance of Low-Income Young Adults

Education and Literacy;Nonprofits and Philanthropy

Portraits: Initial College Attendance of Low-Income Young Adults

Analyzes low-income students' initial enrollment in public and private four-year colleges, community colleges, and for-profit schools by gender and race/ethnicity; rates of completion and long-term financial distress by institution type; and implications.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States

Making Performance Funding Work for All

Education and Literacy;Government Reform;Nonprofits and Philanthropy

Making Performance Funding Work for All

Outlines models, design features, and challenges of performance funding, or linking public investment in higher education to institutional outcomes, as a way to address state budget constraints, raise attainment, and strengthen public higher education.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States

A Stronger Nation Through Higher Education 2012

Education and Literacy;Government Reform;Nonprofits and Philanthropy

A Stronger Nation Through Higher Education 2012

Assesses progress toward the goal of realizing 60 percent postsecondary degree attainment by 2025. Includes attainment rates by race/ethnicity, rankings by metropolitan area, and state profiles with rates by county, benchmark targets, and projections.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States

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