College Readiness Issue Briefs

• Academic rigor: At the heart of College Access and Success
• Aligning P-12 and postsecondary education toward a seamless P-16 education system
• High expectations: A key to success for all
• Social support: An essential ingredient to success
• Using data to improve educational outcomes

College success programs

Diversity Digest - The right to learn and the Pathways to College Network

Early commitment financial aid programs: Promises, practices, and policies

Environmental scan of parental and family involvement national research centers and technical assistance providers

The Facts: Postsecondary Access and Success

The federal government and the student aid partnership

Financial aid--A shared agenda to achieve access and success for under-served students

Finding census data online using American FactFinder

Finding research on retention and access using ERIC

Frequently Asked Questions about College Access and Success

How do educators’ cultural belief systems affect underserved students’ pursuit of postsecondary education?

How do pre-collegiate outreach programs impact college-going among underrepresented students?

How is school reform tied to increasing college access and succes for low-income and minority youth?

• Summary
• Full Report

Improving college access for minority, low-income and first generation students

Indiana P-16 Policy Roundtable: Education strengthened when treated as a seamless whole

Indiana P-16 Policy Roundtable: Summary Report

Literature review: Intervention methods and programs for pre-college entry for disadvantaged students

The link between high school reform and college access and success for low-income and minority youth

• Executive Summary
• Full Report

Montana P-16 Policy Roundtable: Summary Report

National dialogue on student financial aid

• Full Report
• Challenging times, clear choices: An action agenda for college access and success
• CSS Council Task force on reauthorization: Recommendations for improving federal aid delivery.
• The financial aid partnership: Strengthening the federal government's leadership role
• Fundamental assumptions and aims underlying the principles and policies of federal financial aid to students
• Getting the most out of federal student aid spending: Encouraging colleges and universities to promote the common good
• The role of student loans in college access
• State financial aid and college access
• What's at stake: The social and economic benefits of higher education
• References and Appendix