Book Review: From High School to College: Improving Opportunities for Success in Postsecondary Education

Background: Two decades of elementary and secondary education reform (P-12) presumably affects programs and policies in higher education (P-16). Purpose: This article offers an essay review of the book, From High School to College. The book includes a report on a Stanford University project that inv...

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Published inEducational Administration Quarterly Vol. 41; no. 5; pp. 801 - 814
Main Authors Williams, Frankie Keels, Lindle, Jane Clark, West, Deborah Lynn
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Thousand Oaks, CA Sage Publications 01.12.2005
Subjects
higher education admissions
educational policy
higher education reform
transition to higher education
P-16 policy
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Summary:Background: Two decades of elementary and secondary education reform (P-12) presumably affects programs and policies in higher education (P-16). Purpose: This article offers an essay review of the book, From High School to College. The book includes a report on a Stanford University project that investigated the policy articulation between P-12 and higher education. Research Design: The book reports case studies on six states with an additional chapter commenting on the status and future of community (2-year) colleges. Findings: Findings suggest that the case studies depend heavily on perceptual data from stakeholders. In addition, the editors and contributing authors do not address differences in the two sectors’ missions. Specifically, the P-12 system includes both open admissions and compulsory attendance requirements, whereas institutions of higher education (IHE), from 2-year to research institutions, wrestle with the tension between open and elite admissions and comparative rankings among the IHEs.
ISSN:0013-161X
1552-3519
DOI:10.1177/0013161X05279450