Most Recent Publications

It's Kind of Different: Student Experiences in Two Early College High Schools (September 2005)
The early college high school movement promises to make higher education more accessible and more affordable for underrepresented students. Drawing on the preli... read more
The Right Jobs: Identifying Career Advancement Opportunities for Low-Skilled Workers (September 2005)
What jobs are projected to grow? What jobs offer good starting wages with potential for advancement? What jobs are accessible without a four-year college degree... read more
State Systems of Performance Accountability for Community Colleges: Impacts and Lessons for Policymakers (July 2005)
This Achieving the Dream policy brief examines questions about state performance accountability systems in higher education, focusing on community col... read more
Early Lessons from the Strategic Assessment Initiative of the Youth Transition Funders Group (June 2005)
Nationally, over 30 percent of students do not complete high school in a timely way. In some inner-city neighborhoods, the odds of graduating are 50-50. In resp... read more
Engaging Employers to Benefit Low-Income Job Seekers: Lessons from the Jobs Initiative (June 2005)
Employers make choices that are key to the ability of low-income people to get and keep jobs and to advance in the workforce. Given this important role, En... read more
Head Start on College: Dual Enrollment Strategies In New England 2004-2005 (June 2005)
More and more high school students are reducing their college costs and getting a head start on college through various programs that enable them to earn up to ... read more
Add and Subtract: Dual Enrollment as a State Strategy to Increase Postsecondary Success for Underrepresented Students (April 2005)
This policy primer for states provides an overview of dual enrollment and a rationale for its expansion and guidelines (including funding models) for states wis... read more
Designing and Financing an Integrated Program of College Study: Lessons from the California Academy of Liberal Studies (April 2005)
By engaging students in up to two years of demanding college-level work while still in high school, early college high schools are testing a powerful strategy f... read more
Remaking Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century: What Role for High School Programs? (April 2005)
Basic questions about career and technical education are on the table as part of the policy debate on how to reform K-12 education, particularly high schools. T... read more
Standardization vs. Flexibility: State Policy Options on Placement Testing for Developmental Education in Community Colleges (April 2005)
This policy brief, created for Achieving the Dream, a national initiative to increase the success of underserved groups in community colleges, describes so... read more