New Initiative to Examine Equity of College-Access Programs: USC Center for Urban Education Research Tools Provide Secondary Schools with Data That Can Help Increase the Number of Students Accessing College

Nealy, Michelle J., Diverse Issues in Higher Education

Following the release of a report that revealed just 35 percent of college-bound Boston public high schools graduates from the class of 2000 had earned a degree by spring 2007, Mayor Thomas Menino launched a citywide initiative challenging educators and community members to improve college completion rates for BPS graduates.

The initiative, Success Boston, is centered around three tenants: get ready, get in and get through.

A new research effort launching this summer will better equip teachers and administrators at two Boston high schools in getting their students prepared for college.

With a hefty grant from the Kresge Foundation, the Center for Urban Education at the University of Southern California …

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Publication information: Article title: New Initiative to Examine Equity of College-Access Programs: USC Center for Urban Education Research Tools Provide Secondary Schools with Data That Can Help Increase the Number of Students Accessing College. Contributors: Nealy, Michelle J. - Author. Magazine title: Diverse Issues in Higher Education. Volume: 27. Issue: 9 Publication date: June 10, 2010. Page number: 12+. © 2008 Cox, Matthews & Associates. COPYRIGHT 2010 Gale Group.

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