Reports on the challenges facing California and the nation in providing access to higher education during a time of demographic change.
Author(s): Patricia Gandara, Gary Orfield, Catherine L. Horn
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 302
Expanding Opportunity in Higher Education......Page 2
Contents......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
1. Introduction:Creating a 21st-century Vision of Access and Equity in Higher Education......Page 14
Part 1. The Role of K-12 Education in Access and Opportunity in Higher Education......Page 30
2. California Opportunity Indicators:Informing and Monitoring California’s Progress Toward Equitable College Access......Page 32
3. Lowering Barriers to College Access:Opportunities for More Effective Coordination of State and Federal Student Aid Policies......Page 66
4. The Role of Advanced Placement and Honors Courses in College Admissions......Page 88
5. K-12 and the Pipeline to Higher Education......Page 128
Part 2. The Role of Higher Education in Creating Access and Opportunity......Page 154
6. Measuring the State of Equity in Public Higher Education......Page 156
7. Reaping the Benefits of Grutter:College Admissions and Racial/Ethnic Diversity......Page 180
8. The Effectiveness of theTransfer Path for Educationally Disadvantaged Students:California as a Case Study in the Development of a Dual Admissions Program......Page 206
9. A Strengthened Community College Role in Teacher Preparation:Improving Outcomes for California’s Minority Students......Page 238
10. The Educational Pipeline and the Future Professorate:Who Will Teach California’s and the Nation’s Latino and African American College Students?......Page 256
11. Access to California Higher Education:The Promise and the Performance......Page 278
12. Conclusion:Fateful Decisions......Page 290
About the Contributors......Page 304
C......Page 312
H......Page 313
S......Page 314
W......Page 315
