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A Study Of The Success Of School College Partnerships Created To Improve Minority And Disadvantaged Student Enrollment And Success In Postsecondary Education, Armando Reinaldo Laguardia
A Study Of The Success Of School College Partnerships Created To Improve Minority And Disadvantaged Student Enrollment And Success In Postsecondary Education, Armando Reinaldo Laguardia
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This study focused on "comprehensive" partnerships between K-12 schools and postsecondary institutions created to improve the pre-college academic preparation, college enrollment and postsecondary success of minority and disadvantaged students. The study identified such partnerships in existence in the United States for more than five years, surveyed the partnerships to describe their characteristics, and selected two of the most successful to analyze their success characteristics. Sixteen such partnerships were identified and surveyed with a 12-item questionnaire designed to inquire about their: (a) structural characteristics, (b) funding, (c) success in achieving their goals and objectives, and (d) collection of data to measure …