Bridging the great divide between secondary schools and postsecondary education

Phi Delta Kappan

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 92-97

  Kirst, Michael ^a   Venezia, Andrea ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039486215     PISSN: 00317217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003172170108300118     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. "High School Sophomores Need Help Planning Upper-Level Courses, College, and Careers," ACT, 7 June 2000, available at \v\v\v.act.org.
2. Measuring Up, 2000 (San Jose, Calif.: National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2000).
3. Thomas Mortenson, Postsecondary Opportunities (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, November 1999).
4. We do not explore intrinsic motivations, but we realize that they are important factors in shaping the behavior of prospective college students.
5. Metropolitan Life Survey of the American Teacher, 2000: AreWe Preparing Students for the 21st Century? (New York: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 2000).
6. Andrea Venezia, "The Communication and Interpretation of Undergraduate Admissions Policies in Central Texas High Schools and Middle Schools" (Doctoral dissertation, .Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin, 1999).
7. "Ticket to Nowhere: The Gap Between Leaving High School and Entering College and High-Performing Jobs," Thinking K-J6, Education Trust, Washington, D.C., Fall 1999.
8. University of California Outreach Task Force Report (Oakland: Office of the President, University of California, 6 September 1997).
9. Alexander \V. Astin et al., The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 1996(Los Angeles: Higher Research Institute, UCLA, 1996).
10. David Breneman and William Harlow, Remediation in Higher Education (Washington, D.C.: Fordham Foundation, 1998).
11. Improving Academic Preparation for Higher Education (Sacramento, Calif.: Legislative Analyst's Office, 8 February 2001).
12. Vi-Nhuan Le, Alignment Among Secondary and Post-Secondary Assessments in Five Case Study Sites: Reportfor the Bridge Project^ (San ta Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation, forthcoming).
13. "Ticket to Nowhere."
14. Patricia McDonough, "Buying and Selling Higher Education: The Social Construction of the College Applicant," Journal of Higher Education, vol. 65,1994, pp. 427-46;
15. idem, Choosing Colleges (Albany: SUNY Press, 1997);
16. and Venezia, Choosing Colleges (op. cit.
17. Richard C. Atkinson, "Atwell Lecture," presented to the American Council on Education, Washington, D.C., 2001.
18. These recommendations are from a student-centered perspective; they do not include changes in teacher preparation programs and other possible K-16 reforms. A list of recommendations to improve the quality of the senior year in high school, in addition to state-specific recommendations for project states, can be found on our website, www.stanford.edu/groups/bridgeprojectJ.
19. Michael D. Usdan and Mary Podmostko, The Legislative Status of K-12 and Higher Education Relationships (Washington, D.C.: Institute for Educational Leadership, 2001).
20. Lynn Olson, "K-12 and College Expectations Often Fail to Mesh," Education Week, 9 May 2001, p. 1