“My world seems upside down. I have grown up but I feel like I'm moving backward. And I
can't do anything about it.”–Esperanza Over two million of the nation's eleven million …

Many students start college intending to pursue a career in the biosciences, but too many
abandon this goal because they struggle in introductory biology. Interventions have been …

Using data from a survey of 75 parents and high school students who were eligible for a
college access program, this article examines parents' and students' college aspirations and …

Objective: Despite significant attention from federal and state policy makers, postsecondary
completion rates in the United States remain stratified across race and socioeconomic …

In this chapter, we utilize a P-16 framework that incorporates policy analyses from early
childhood programming to college access to evaluate the college completion outcomes for …

National service and volunteerism enjoy a rich history in the United States and an emergent
future in other parts of the world. However, there remains relatively scant evidence of overall …

Improving access to college for all adolescents has become a national priority shared by
public and private sectors alike. Economic and demographic research consistently projects …

This study explores the postsecondary decision-making processes for African American
seniors in an urban public high school in Michigan. While there is considerable research on …

Projections from the Census 2000 indicate that by 2015, more than 19.9 million students will
enroll in 2-and 4-year colleges and universities in the United States (National Center for …

The purpose of this pilot sequential explanatory mixed method design was to contribute to
closing the void in the literature by exploring the educational outcomes of 45 Northern …