Briefs
- 9/28/2007
- Achievement Trap: The Success and Struggle of America's High-Achieving Lower-Income Students with Kati Haycock, Director, Education Trust, Susan Traiman, Director of Education and Workforce Policy, Business Roundtable, Joshua Wyner, Vice President, Programs, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (Forum Brief)
- 7/20/2007
- The Role of Career and Technical Education in High School Reform: Linking Secondary and Postsecondary Education through CTE with Dr. Laurel Adler, Superintendent, East San Gabriel Regional Occupational Program, West Codiva, CA and Mark Whitlock, CEO, Central Education Center, Coweta County, GA (Forum Brief and webcast)
- 4/13/2007
- Opening the Door to the American Dream: Increasing Higher Education Access and Success for Immigrants with Wendy Erisman, Senior Research Analyst and Director of Evaluation, Institute for Higher Education Policy, and Deborah A. Santiago, Vice President for Policy and Research, Excelencia in Education, and Margie McHugh, Co Director, National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, Migration Policy Institute. (Forum Brief)
- 5/19/2006
- Career and Technical Education's Role in High School Reform with the Association for Career and Technical Education with Jan Bray, Executive Director, ACTE, Tom Schultz, Superintendent,Auburn Career Center, and Suzanne Maxey, Principal of Seneca Valley High School. (Forum Brief)
- 3/17/2006
- The Toolbox Revisited: Paths to Degree Completion from High School Through College with Cliff Adelman, Senior Research Analyst, Department of Education. (Forum Brief)
- 2/14/2006
- Higher Education Opportunities for Foster Youth, a report by The Institute for Higher Education Policy with Tom Wolanin, Senior Associate, The Institute for Higher Education Policy. (Congressional Briefing)
- 2/10/2006
- Higher Education Opportunities for Foster Youth, a report by The Institute for Higher Education Policy with Tom Wolanin, Senior Associate, The Institute for Higher Education Policy, Jamie Merisotis, President, The Institute for Higher Education Policy, and Erin Renner, Assistant Director, Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. (Forum Brief)
- 10/28/2005
- CUNY College Now with John Garvey, Associate Dean for Collaborative Programs, City University of New York, Tracy Meade, Deputy Director of Collaborative Programs, City University of New York, and Jennifer Lee, Director of College Now and Collaborative Programs, Baruch College. (Forum Brief)
- 10/21/2005
- Coordinated Efforts Focused on Workforce Development for Out of School Youth in Portland with Carole Smith, Director of Alternative Education, Portland Public Schools, Linda Huddle, Director, Alternative Programs/PCC Prep, Portland Community College, and Andrew Mason, Executive Director, Open Meadow Alternative Schools (forum Brief)
- 10/17/2005
- Increasing Transitions from Adult to Postsecondary Education with Forrest Chisman, Vice President, Council for the Advancement of Adult Literacy, Gail Mellow, President, LaGuardia Community College, and Bob Bickerton, Associate Commissioner, MA Center for Lifelong Learning (FORUM Brief)
- 7/15/2005
- On Course for Success: A Close Look at Selected High School Courses that Prepare all Students for College with Stephanie G. Robinson, Principal Partner, Education Trust, Mary Stein, Manager of Elementary and Secondary School Programs, ACT, Norman Grange, Assistant Principal, Lewis Cass Technical High School, and Diane Maisel, Assistant Principal, Murphy High School. (Forum Brief)
- 6/10/2005
- Early College High Schools: Lessons Learned in New School Creation with Joel Vargas, Senior Project Manager, Jobs for the Future; Tom Lasley, Dean, University of Dayton; and Judy Hennessey, Principal, Dayton Early College Academy. (Forum Brief)
- 5/20/2005
- Opening Doors: Building Learning Communities at Kingsborough Community College, with Dan Bloom, Senior Research Associate, MDRC; Rachel Singer, Director of Academic Affairs, Peter Cohen, Director of the Freshmen Year Experience, and Marcia Babbitt, interim chair of the English Department and Faculty Coordinator for Opening Doors, and two students, Kingsborough Community College. (Forum Brief)
- 12/3/2004
- What Do You Know About How the GED Tests Empower Young Adults? Joan Auchter, GED Testing Service Executive Director, stressed four major points in her presentation. First, GED Tests demand achievement. Second, GED Tests allow people to prove what they know. Third, GED diploma holders reflect the mosaic of America. Finally, GED Tests offer an opportunity to grow. (Forum Brief)
- 10/4/2004
- Credit-Based Transition Programs: Strategies to Improve Postsecondary Access and Success for Middle- and Low-Achieving Students. With Hans Meeder, Deputy Assistant Secretary and Ivonne Jaime, Project Manager, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education; Tom Bailey, Director, Kathy Hughes, Assistant Director for Work and Education Reform Research, and Melinda Karp, Research Associate, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University.(Forum Brief)
- 9/17/2004
- Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities. As students with disabilities move toward equal opportunities in elementary and secondary education, greater emphasis has been placed on equal access to postsecondary opportunities for them. A new report by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) focuses on the special barriers to equal educational opportunity in higher education faced by students with disabilities as they transition to higher education. (Forum Brief)
- 6/24/2004
- Understanding the Impact and Outcomes of Secondary-Postsecondary Learning Options The American Youth Policy Forum, with support from the Lumina Foundation for Education, hosted a roundtable discussion on programs and strategies that help connect high school and postsecondary education to improve college and career outcomes for young people. (Roundtable Discussion Summary)
- 5/7/2004
- Early and Middle College High Schools: Connecting High School and College for At-Risk Youth,Middle college high schools are schools that collaborate with postsecondary institutions to offer students who have traditionally been underrepresented in postsecondary education the opportunity to earn college credit at the same time as they earn a high school diploma. At this American Youth Policy Forum, panelists associated with middle and early college high school programs spoke about the need for these schools, the grant initiative, and changes in education policy that would provide better support for this promising approach. (Forum Brief)
- 3/12/2004
- A Shared Agenda:A Leadership Challenge to Improve College Access and Success, Pathways to College Network, with Jennifer Conner, Program Officer, KnowledgeWorks Foundation; Ann Coles, Senior Vice President, College Access Services and Director, Pathways to College Network; Jon Tafel, Vice Chancellor for Educational Linkages and Access, Ohio Board of Regents; and Egle Gallagher, Principal, Stranahan High School, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. (Forum Brief)
- 10/17/2003
- Increasing College Access: State and Local Efforts, with Christina Milano, National College Access Network (NCAN), Wendy Ault, MELMAC Education Foundation and Patricia Lonergan, Early Awareness initiative at the Cleveland Scholarship. Panelists representing three different programs and initiatives spoke about their various approaches to increasing college access and presented recommendations for policymakers engaged in the reauthorization of the HEA. (Forum Brief)
- 7/25/2003
- Opening Doors: How Community Colleges Can Help Low-Wage Workers Earn College Credentials, with Melissa Wavelet, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, Lisa Matus-Grossman, National Governors’ Association, and Byron McClenney, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY. (Forum Brief)
- 7/18/2003
- Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: Issues and Options, with Tom Wolanin, Jamie Merisotis, Alisa Cunningham, and Jane Wellman, the Institute for Higher Education Policy. (Forum Brief)
- 11/8/2002
- GE Fund College Bound Program Leads to Increased College Access and Retention, with Alan Melchior, Brandeis University, Nicholas Kostan, Superintendent, Lynn Public Schools (MA), and Frank Butts, Principal, John F. Kennedy High School, Richmond, VA. (Forum Brief)
- 3/22/2002
- Equal Access to Postsecondary Education? The Case of Undocumented Alien Students, with Josh Bernstein, National Immigration Law Center; Alejandra Rincon, Emergency Immigrant Education Program, Houston, Texas; and Dan Stein, American Immigration Reform. (Forum Brief)
- 10/20/2000
- Diploma Plus: Re-Engaging At-Risk Youth Through High Standards and Pathways to College, with Alex Hoffinger, Co-Director of Diploma Plust. (Forum Brief)
- 10/6/2000
- Project GRAD (Graduation Really Achieves Dreams): A Multi-Intervention Approach In Urban Schools Shows Success, with Manpower Development Research Corporation and representatives from Newark, NJ. (Forum Brief)
- 5/14/1999
- A Review of Early Intervention Programs to Promote Access to Postsecondary Education, with Larry Gladieux, The College Board. (Forum Brief)
- 10/24/1997
- School-to-Work for the College Bound, with Thomas Bailey, Institute on Education and the Economy, Teachers College, Columbia University. (Forum Brief)
- 6/6/1997
- How Do Poor Kids Succeed in College? The Role and Impact of Federal TRIO Programs, with Pennsylvania State University TRIO participant Kizzy Frey; TRIO graduate Gwendolyn Moore, President Pro Tem of the Wisconsin State Senate; and TRIO program directors. (Forum Brief)
- 1/19/1996
- Improving Public Policies to Help Students Pay for Postsecondary Education; findings from a report by Brookings Institution/College Board, with Larry Gladieux, The College Board. (Forum Brief)
Trip Reports
- 11/7/2007-
11/9/2007 - State Policy Trip to Little Rock, AR, November 7-9, 2007: Expanding Advanced Placement Participation and Building Public Will. Highlights from this trip include meetings with T. Kenneth James, AR Commissioner of Education; Senator Jim Argue, Chair of the AR Senate Education Committee; Kathryn Hazelett, Governor Mike Beebe's Education Policy Advisor; Steve Floyd, Director of the AR Department of Higher Education; as well as other policy and education experts at the state level. In addition, we visited the historic Little Rock Central High School and the Wilbur Mills University Study School. (Trip Report)
- 1/8/2004 -
1/9/2004 - High School Reform in New York City to visit Morris High School and South Bronx High School to learn about the transformation of large high schools to small high schools, LaGuardia Community College's middle college high school programs, and to meet with the Core Group Governing Team of the New York City school reform effort. (Trip Report)
- 4/3/1997 -
4/4/1997 - High School Reform and District-wide Education Reform in Boston, MA (for education foundation officers), with visits to Brighton, East Boston, Fenway Middle College, and City on a Hill (Charter) High Schools; and discussions with Thomas Payzant, Superintendent of Schools, Neil Sullivan, Executive Director, Private Industry Council, and Kathleen Mullins, School-to-Career Director (Co-sponsored with Jobs for the Future and the American Association of Higher Education). (Trip Report)
- 1/11/1996-
1/12/1996 - Educating and Serving Miami's Diverse Youth Community, Miami, Florida. (Trip Report)
Publications
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The College Ladder: Linking Secondary and Postsecondary Education for Success for All Students This compendium identifies and describes schools, programs, and policies that link secondary and postsecondary education to help students earn college credit or take college-level courses while in high school. It raises issues for practitioners and policymakers to consider as these program grow and target a wider range of students. |
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and Relevance: A New Vision for Career and Technical Education With the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act due to be reauthorized in 2003, it is appropriate to ask the question, What should the role of the federal government in Career and Technical Education (CTE) be? To provide one angle on this debate, the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) organized a series of discussion groups with a diverse range of individuals to focus on this topic. The discussion groups helped inform this paper, and while not all participants endorse all aspects of this paper, they are hopeful of a serious review of many of its contents during the reauthorization process. |
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