Download or read book Narratives of Early College High School Students written by LaQuesha Foster and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seldom are the experiences of Early College High School (ECHS) students studied while they are simultaneously working towards high school and college completion. Designed to assist with school reform, ECHS programs provide students with equity and educational opportunities that might not be available in a traditional high school setting. ECHS students are studied primarily to learn about ECHS policy or as first-time-in-college students, after they have transferred to a four year-institution or in comparison to other first-time-in-college students (Schlossberg, 2011). The purpose of this narrative study, utilizing Schlossberg's Transition theory, was to address the exploratory question: How do high school students navigate their transition to the community college while participating in an Early College High School program? Unstructured interviews, narrative inquiry, and thematic analysis were used develop stories and find emerging themes to understand the lived experiences of the participants as high school students participating in the ECHS program and to understand their ECHS experience at the community college. Three themes emerged from the data that aligned with Schlossberg's Transition Theory. These themes revealed more about Early College High School students who completed two years at the high school, or the ninth and tenth grade, and have transitioned to the community college to complete their junior and senior years in high school while simultaneously completing up to 60 hours or an associate degree

Download or read book Early Colleges as a Model for Schooling written by Julie A. Edmunds and published by Harvard Education Press. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Colleges as a Model for Schooling advocates for early college high schools as an effective means of reducing academic, cultural, and financial obstacles to postsecondary education. This perceptive work evaluates, both quantitatively and qualitatively, the impacts of early colleges—hybrids that blend elements of secondary and postsecondary education. It examines the strengths and challenges of early college models of different designs and explores their place in the greater education system. Julie A. Edmunds, Fatih Unlu, Elizabeth J. Glennie, and Nina Arshavsky craft their narrative around the findings of one of the most ambitious studies to date on early college high schools, a fifteen-year longitudinal study involving more than four thousand students across nineteen secondary schools that have adopted the model. They offer insight into the student experience within early college high schools and beyond. The authors demonstrate how the well-structured and supportive educational environment of early college not only prepares students academically for college-level coursework but also helps students navigate logistical challenges in applying for colleges and universities. They show how the positive outcomes of the early college experience can help tip the balance toward successful postsecondary educational experiences, especially for historically underserved students such as low-income students, minority students, and first-generation college students. As the authors point out, a shift in the way the transition between secondary and postsecondary education is implemented provides an achievable approach to improving college readiness and lowering educational barriers. They argue persuasively that wider adoption of this educational model in high schools has great potential to improve overall access to higher education.

Download or read book Understanding the College going Process of Latinx a o Students Attending Early College High Schools written by Dianey Leal and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early college high schools (ECHSs) have been proposed as a high school reform solution to improve college access and success among underserved and underrepresented students in higher education; however, little to no research has centered the experiences of Latinx/a/o students in ECHS. In response, I used critical narrative methodology to better understand students' ECHS experiences in relation to college going. Specifically, through in-depth interviews with eight students in one ECHS in south Texas, I asked: How do Latinx/a/o students describe their early college high school (ECHS) experience? And what do Latinx/a/o ECHS students' experiences reveal about the factors that facilitate or hinder their college-going process? Based on students' experiences and reflections, I identified various factors that impacted their college-going process, which I organized into three major themes. Each of these themes represents experiences I found in students' stories, starting with their experiences as they transition from middle school to ECHS (Getting In), then on their adjustment to ECHS (Getting Through), and finally on their transition out of ECHS to a higher education institution (Getting Across). I used a temporal order to (re)tell participants' ECHS experiences as a way to acknowledge the past, present, and implied future of students. Grounded in the voices and experiences of students most affected by high school reforms like ECHS, I offer recommendations for policy, practice, and future research.

Download or read book Opening an Early College High School written by Roni Louise Crow Rentfro and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the study was to chronicle the beginnings of a South Texas Early College High School from theoretical, professional, and personal perspectives and to share stories and perspectives from a number of its participants. The Early College High School Initiative has attracted a great deal of attention due to preliminary indications of how significantly it can impact the college readiness of at-risk and underrepresented youth. These high school-college partnerships provide acceleration to college-readiness for primarily minority, low socio-economic students who are often the first in their immediate families to achieve a college degree (Berger, Adelman & Cole, 2010; Edmunds, Dallas, Bernstein, Glennie, Willse & Arshavsky, 2010). The study involved the telling of stories via the narrative inquiry (Connelly & Clandinin, 1990) research methodology. The approach allowed for the sharing of personal and professional experiences in opening an Early College High School with the inclusion of the perspectives of alumni of the school. The work necessarily involved the theory-practice-policy relationship. The mode of inquiry allowed the research questions to develop as the study progressed while sharing the reflections and analysis of the stories of the researcher and participants (Craig, 2003). As a result of the use of Cheryl Craig's story constellations approach, a story constellations figure (Craig, 2007b) was created to illustrate the "multiple contexts within which it [the knowledge] is created" (p. 178). The reflections and findings of this study were shared to attempt to clarify some of the multiple challenges of converting theoretical knowledge in the acceleration of at-risk, Hispanic, students from low socio-economic homes to college-readiness, provide insight into the complexity of such transitions, and to hearten those who contemplate such journeys by sharing stories from alumni about the impact on their lives to date.

Download or read book Early Colleges as a Model for Schooling Creating New Pathways for Access to Higher Education written by Julie A. Edmunds and published by Harvard Education Press. This book was released on 2022-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Colleges as a Model for Schooling advocates for early college high schools as an effective means of reducing academic, cultural, and financial obstacles to postsecondary education. This perceptive work evaluates the impacts of early colleges--hybrids that blend elements of secondary and postsecondary education. Authors Julie A. Edmunds, Fatih Unlu, Elizabeth J. Glennie, and Nina Arshavsky craft their narrative around the findings of one of the most ambitious studies to date on early college high schools, a fifteen-year longitudinal study involving more than four thousand students across nineteen secondary schools that have adopted the model. The authors demonstrate how the positive outcomes of the early college experience can help tip the balance toward successful postsecondary educational experiences, especially for historically underserved students such as low-income students, minoritized students, and first-generation college students. They argue persuasively that wider adoption of this educational model in high schools has great potential to improve overall access to higher education. "Edmunds and her coauthors have built a compelling case for why and how early colleges create a vision for transforming the American high school and its relationship to higher education. It is firmly grounded in years of rigorous research nationally and brought to life showing how students' experiences are positively impacted by practices and policies that weld and meld our fractured secondary and postsecondary systems." --Joel Vargas, vice president, Jobs for the Future Julie A. Edmunds is program director for Secondary School Reform at the SERVE Center at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Fatih Unlu is a senior economist and the director of the Labor, Workforce Development, and Postsecondary Education program at the RAND Corporation. Elizabeth J. Glennie is a senior research analyst in RTI International's Education Workforce Development division. Nina Arshavsky is a senior research specialist at the SERVE Center at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Download or read book A Phenomenological Narrative Study of the Lived Experiences of Students Attending an Early College High School in Texas written by Derral L. Shelton and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Strategic Student written by David Cass and published by Uvize, Inc.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers academic strategies to help veterans transition from the structured military environment to the unstructured college environment and become self-reliant, successful students

Download or read book The College Blue Book written by Huber William Hurt and published by MacMillan Reference Library. This book was released on 2000-11 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Problem of College Readiness written by William G. Tierney and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how states, schools, and postsecondary institutions might best help improve college readiness and completion. Though more students are entering college, many drop out, especially those who are low income and/or of color. To address this problem, educational stakeholders have focused on the concept of “college readiness,” or the preparation a student needs to succeed in college. However, what it means to be college ready and how to help more students become ready are questions without clear answers. By way of historical and contemporary analyses, this book uses California as a case study to demonstrate how the state has endeavored to make postsecondary opportunity accessible for all students. The contributors also explore the challenges that remain and address what states and schools can do to improve college readiness and completion. “This book adds important information to the debates and discussions around this critical topic.” — Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner, coeditor of Understanding Minority-Serving Institutions

Download or read book Narratives on Becoming written by Emilie Clucas Leaderman and published by IAP. This book was released on 2021-07-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning and identity development are lifetime processes of becoming. The construction of self, of interest to scholars and practitioners in adult development and adult learning, is an ongoing process, with the self both forming and being formed by lived experience in privileged and oppressive contexts. Intersecting identities and the power dynamics within them shape how learners define themselves and others and how they make meaning of their experiences in the world. The series, I Am What I Become: Constructing Identities as Lifelong Learners, is an insightful and diverse collection of empirical research and narrative essays in identity development, adult development, and adult learning. The purpose of this series is to publish contributions that highlight the intimate and intricate connections between learning and identity. The series aims to assist our readers to understand and nurture adults who are always in the process of becoming. We hope to promote reflection and research at the intersection of identity and adult learning at any point across the adult lifespan. The rich array of qualitative research designs as well as autobiographic and narrative essays transform and expand our understanding of the lived experience of people both like us and unlike us, from the U.S. and beyond. Narratives on Becoming: Identity and Lifelong Learning, Volume Three of the series, explores a myriad of ways that authors’ personal and professional growth has influenced identity development. These chapters provide insights into the intersectional identities and learning of writers. Drawing from the multiple paths that comprise the journey of lifelong learning, these authors present powerful stories that identify the ways relationships, environments, culture, travel, and values shape their identities; use literacy, teaching, and learning as vehicles for experimenting with new identities, negotiate multiple identities, contexts, and transitions involved in becoming, and construct meaning. Through their narrative essays and ethnographic/autobiographical accounts, the authors in this volume illuminate the power of transformational learning during life-changing events and transitions. Praise for: Narratives on Becoming: Identity and Lifelong Learning "The third volume in the I Am What I Become series, Narratives on Becoming: Identity and Lifelong Learning invites readers into the lives of educators from around the world. This book includes important narratives from students, secondary educators, and post-secondary educators alike, highlighting how race, class, gender, and a wide range of other intersectional identities shape the diverse lived experiences of educators and their students. This volume also serves as an important reminder for all of us that the learning process continues across a lifetime and transcends the limits of the traditional classroom." Brian Bicknell, President Manchester Community College "We all pay lip service to the importance of lifelong learning, but what is it exactly and how does it come about? The connections between identity and learning are intriguing and complex, especially when it comes to adult learners. In this very thoughtfully organized collection, researchers present qualitative and narrative studies, along with personal narratives, to explore identity development in formal and informal learning environments. Contributions from varied cultural contexts, most with powerful and moving stories to tell, provide insight into how identity, meaning-making, and adult learning and development intersect and influence each other. Psychologists, scholars and educators interested in identity development and meaning-making will find inspiration and fresh understanding in this innovative and enlightening series." Ruthellen Josselson, Author Paths to Fulfillment: Women’s Search for Meaning and Identity "This innovative series on adult development is inspiring and substantive. We hear voices from the margins and stories of courage. We read identity-formation narratives by young adults and experienced professionals who share impressive capacities for transparency, vulnerability, and self-reflection. Many of the narratives are embedded in rigorous qualitative research that highlights diverse ways that identity is shaped through social positionality, lived experience, the quest for individuation, and willingness to encounter life as a dynamic learning process." Jared D. Kass, Lesley University, Author, A Person-Centered Approach to Psychospiritual Maturation: Mentoring Psychological Resilience and Inclusive Community in Higher Education

Download or read book Alternative Narratives in Early Childhood written by Peter Moss and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging dominant discourses in the field of early childhood education, this book provides an accessible introduction to some of the alternative narratives and diverse perspectives that are increasingly to be heard in this field, as well as discussing the importance of paradigm, politics and ethics. Peter Moss draws on material published in the groundbreaking Contesting Early Childhood series to introduce readers to thinking that questions the mainstream approach to early childhood education and to offer rich examples to illustrate how this thinking is being put to work in practice. Key topics addressed include: dominant discourses in today’s early childhood education – and what is meant by ‘dominant discourse’ why politics and ethics are the starting points for early childhood education Reggio Emilia as an example of an alternative narrative the relevance to early childhood education of thinkers such as Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze and of theoretical positions such as posthumanism. An enlightening read for students and practitioners, as well as policymakers, academics and parents, this book is intended for anyone who wants to think more about early childhood education and delve deeper into new perspectives and debates in this field.

Download or read book College Without High School written by Blake Boles and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because the real world is the best education. High school can be boring. High school curriculum can be frustrating and out of touch. So what is the answer for young people whose creativity, bright ideas, and boundless energy are being stifled in that over-scheduled and grade-driven environment? What would you do if you could go to college without going to high school? Would you travel abroad, spend late nights writing a novel, volunteer in an emergency room, or build your own company? What dreams would you be pursuing right now? College Without High School shows how independent teens can self-design their high school education by becoming unschooled. Students begin by defining their goals and dreams and then pursue them through a combination of meaningful and engaging adventures. It is possible to pursue your dreams, and gain admission to any college of your choice. Boles shows how to fulfill college admission requirements by proving five preparatory results: intellectual passion, leadership, logical reasoning, background knowledge, and the capacity for structured learning. He then offers several suggestions for life-changing, confidence-building adventures that will demonstrate those results. This intriguing approach to following your dreams and doing college prep on your own terms will be welcomed by students (and their parents).

Download or read book Using Narratives and Storytelling to Promote Cultural Diversity on College Campuses written by Bledsoe, T. Scott and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-07-10 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories offer opportunities for listeners to merge the storyteller’s experiences with their own, resulting in connections that can turn into life-changing experiences. As listeners and storytellers, it is imperative that we look more closely at the stories and narratives that shape our lives. Using Narratives and Storytelling to Promote Cultural Diversity on College Campuses is an essential research publication that offers a framework for identifying culture-based narratives. The book follows five college students through a vast array of divergent experiences and provides a comprehensive dialogue about diversity through personal narratives of college faculty, students, staff, and administrators. Highlighting a range of topics including microaggressions, ethnicity, and psychosocial development, this book is ideal for academicians, practitioners, psychologists, sociologists, education professionals, counselors, social work educators, researchers, and students.

Download or read book On the Fast Track Understanding the Opportunities and Challenges of Dual Credit ASHE Higher Education Report Volume 42 Number 3 written by Barbara F. Tobolowsky and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dual-credit curricular initiative offers high school students the opportunity to earn college and high school credits simultaneously without taking a standardized test to acquire the credit. The courses are purported to introduce students to a more rigorous curriculum in high school and save them time and money in their pursuit of college degrees. Dual credit programs have grown rapidly, and this monograph provides a synthesis of: • the scholarly literature on dual credit offered at high school and a variety of postsecondary settings; • underrepresented students’ experiences with the course(s), and • suggestions for future research and drivers that will influence its development. Originally, these initiatives focused on high-achieving students, but additional models have emerged that expand the benefits to lower- and middle-achieving students as well. This is the third issue of the 42nd volume of the Jossey-Bass series ASHE Higher Education Report. Each monograph is the definitive analysis of a tough higher education issue, based on thorough research of pertinent literature and institutional experiences. Topics are identified by a national survey. Noted practitioners and scholars are then commissioned to write the reports, with experts providing critical reviews of each manuscript before publication.

Download or read book The Hidden Curriculum written by Rachel Gable and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing look at the experiences of first generation students on elite campuses and the hidden curriculum they must master in order to succeed College has long been viewed as an opportunity for advancement and mobility for talented students regardless of background. Yet for first generation students, elite universities can often seem like bastions of privilege, with unspoken academic norms and social rules. The Hidden Curriculum draws on more than one hundred in-depth interviews with students at Harvard and Georgetown to offer vital lessons about the challenges of being the first in the family to go to college, while also providing invaluable insights into the hurdles that all undergraduates face. As Rachel Gable follows two cohorts of first generation students and their continuing generation peers, she discovers surprising similarities as well as striking differences in their college experiences. She reveals how the hidden curriculum at legacy universities often catches first generation students off guard, and poignantly describes the disorienting encounters on campus that confound them and threaten to derail their success. Gable shows how first-gens are as varied as any other demographic group, and urges universities to make the most of the diverse perspectives and insights these talented students have to offer. The Hidden Curriculum gives essential guidance on the critical questions that university leaders need to consider as they strive to support first generation students on campus, and demonstrates how universities can balance historical legacies and elite status with practices and policies that are equitable and inclusive for all students.

Download or read book Balancing Two Worlds written by Andrew Garrod and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Those who find themselves living in the Americas, no matter what their ethnic, educational, or economic background, must ultimately 'become their own personalities, ' melding their point of view with their points of origin and their places of settlement. For immigrant or refugee families and their children, this 'process of becoming' often means struggling with the contradictions of race, generation, economics, class, work, religion, gender, and sexuality within the family, workplace, or school.... Perhaps nowhere is the struggle more raw, poignant, and moving than in the words of the younger generation at the cusp of such becoming. We readers can also find insights within the candid accounts of their personal lives and in the experiences of their family and friends."--from Balancing Two WorldsBalancing Two Worlds highlights themes surrounding the creation of Asian American identity. This book contains fourteen first-person narratives by Asian American college students, most of whom have graduated during the first five years of the twenty-first century. Their engaging accounts detail the students' very personal struggles with issues of assimilation, gender, religion, sexuality, family conflicts, educational stereotypes, and being labeled the "model minority." Some of the students relate stories drawn from their childhood and adolescent experiences, while others focus more on their college experiences at Dartmouth. Anyone who wants to learn about the changing concept of race in America and what it's like to be a young American of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Burmese, or South Asian descent--from educators and college administrators to students and their families--will find Balancing Two Worlds a compelling read and a valuable resource.

Download or read book Narratives and Strategies of Effective Leadership in Community Colleges written by Nacco, Stephen Damian and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-04-29 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In American higher education, community colleges present new opportunities for many, embodying the democratic essence since their early roots. Originally conceived as junior colleges preparing students for university transfers, these institutions have undergone a transformative journey, evolving into the comprehensive, open-access pillars of education that define our present landscape. Despite a shared mission, a disparity exists among community colleges, with some rising to prominence as leaders in the community-college movement. Amidst the challenges posed by the two World Wars, economic fluctuations, and societal shifts, community colleges have adapted to serve diverse needs, encompassing workforce development, community education, and developmental studies. Narratives and Strategies of Effective Leadership in Community Colleges takes on the challenge faced by these institutions—maintaining excellence amid the evolving demands of a dynamic society. Narratives and Strategies of Effective Leadership in Community Colleges is a pivotal resource for higher-education practitioners navigating the complex realm of leadership challenges in community colleges. It portrays community colleges as national treasures in higher education. Beyond mere success stories, each chapter details the intricacies of effective leadership. Targeting governing boards, faculty, leaders, and administrators, the book provides invaluable insights into strategic planning, student support, campus revitalization, and financial management. It serves as a crucial guide for those aspiring to elevate their institutions.