Mind the Gaps- How College Readiness Narrows
“A postsecondary credential offers many opportunities and benefits to high school graduates. However, not all students have access to these benefits: while the majority of high school students plan to go on to some form of postsecondary education, there are substantial gaps in college enrollment rates across racial/ethnic groups and annual family income ranges. Worse, students from racial/ethnic minority groups historically underrepresented in higher education are also much less likely than other students to earn a college degree—and this is all too frequently due to lack of preparation for college-level coursework during high school.
In the policy report Mind the Gaps, we describe the current state of college readiness of high school students and examine the contributions of pre-college indicators to improving college success specifically among underrepresented racial/ethnic minority students and students from lower income families. Although nonacademic factors also influence college success, the report examines several academic factors—including level of academic achievement, coursework preparation, and educational and career planning in high school—that contribute to students’ success during their first year in college and their likelihood of returning to college for a second year….”
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