Examines data from three campuses to identify college students falling into the "race/ethnicity unknown" category. Provides recommendations for increasing demographic accuracy, and measuring the success of underrepresented students in higher education.

Outlines "student-centered" state funding strategies for community college financing to improve postsecondary access and success for lower-skilled and low-income students by limiting tuition growth, focusing on outcomes, and supporting career advancement.

Profiles efforts to track longitudinal student performance data, assess risk factors for dropping out, and enhance interventions to raise college completion rates. Includes recommended state actions, such as linking K-12 and postsecondary data.

Explores how the process of choosing colleges has evolved for high school students during the second half of the twentieth century, the factors behind the changes, and the implications of recent developments for postsecondary equity, access, and success.

Gives an overview of a state program to ensure academic support and financial aid for college-bound students, and examines its impact on college enrollment and retention. Discusses implications for improving low-income students' postsecondary attainment.

Profiles effective networks working to increase college access and success by helping welfare mothers navigate the system, empowering students to tell their stories as a way to boost postsecondary success, and by engaging students in policy advocacy.

Assesses the city's progress in creating an effective and equitable education pipeline from early childhood through college or postsecondary training. Examines demographic and outcome data and risk and prevention factors, and notes areas for improvement.

Evaluates an initiative, conducted from 2000 to 2005, to increase college access for underrepresented minority students at 28 independent college and university campuses in California. Highlights practical lessons for addressing issues of diversity.