College Bound
Caralee Johnson Adams covered the transition to college in the College Bound blog. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: college & workforce readiness.
College & Workforce Readiness
Full-Time College Students Have Higher Completion Rates Than Part-Timers
While high school seniors right now are focused on applications to get into college, the bigger issue they will eventually face is getting out. New research suggests the pathways that most likely lead to completing their academic program.
College & Workforce Readiness
Consider Location, Not Just the Institution, in Picking a College
A new index from the American Institute for Economic Research provides a ranking of the top college towns and metro areas, based on criteria that include the academic environment, quality of life, and professional opportunities.
Education
In Many States, Graduation Requirements Fail to Align With Common Core
All states are on board in embracing new college- and career-readiness standards, a new report finds, but implementation progress and accountability provisions vary by state.
School & District Management
New Youth CareerConnect Grants for High School Announced
As previewed in the State of the Union address this year, the administration has launched a Race to the Top-Style grant competition to fuel innovation in high schools.
College & Workforce Readiness
Helping Students Be Thinkers Seen as a College-Readiness Strategy
Beyond learning content, high school students today need to learn to be thinkers and develop smart study strategies that leverage findings from brain research, experts say.
College & Workforce Readiness
Teachers Urged to Mix it Up and Use Novelty to Engage Students
Experts in brain science encourage teachers to engage students in the classroom with humor, music, movement, and discussion
Student Well-Being & Movement
College Students Missing Opportunity to Use Academic Advisers as Resources
Only 40 percent of college students turn to their adviser first for academic advice and most study just 15 hours a week, a new student engagement survey finds.
College & Workforce Readiness
First Lady Urges High School Students to Push on Through College
Michelle Obama this week told sophomores at a District of Columbia high school about her journey to become the first in her family to go to college. She also challenged the students to do whatever it takes to continue their education after high school.
Education
New Standards Put Forward to Evaluate 'Gap-Year' Organizations
The new American Gap Association is reviewing organizations that offer gap-year programs to help high school graduates identify the best options to make the most of their time.
College & Workforce Readiness
Students' Planned Majors and Academic Interests Are Often Out of Sync
One-third of high school students who took the ACT last year indicated a college major they wanted to pursue that was not deemed a good fit with their academic interests.
College & Workforce Readiness
Minorities More Than Whites Embrace the Value of College, Survey Finds
A new College Board/National Journal poll finds blacks, Asians, and Hispanics in the United States are considerably more optimistic than whites about the value of earning a college degree.
College & Workforce Readiness
Article Outlines Ways to Reduce Stress of College-Admissions Process
A study from the Journal of College Admissions offers suggestions for high school counselors to help students ease anxiety in college search process
College & Workforce Readiness
College Mentoring Program for At-Risk Students Shows Benefits
An evaluation of the Minnesota-based College Possible mentoring program finds low-income students who participated were more likely to enroll in a four-year college, and to attend a more-selective institution.
College & Workforce Readiness
Most First-Generation College Students Lag in Academic Readiness
An ACT study finds 52 percent of high school graduates in 2013 who would be first-generation college students don't meet college-readiness benchmarks.