Publications

Prepared for the 2010 White House Summit on Community College, this brief discusses partnerships that promote college enrollment, college readiness, and postsecondary persistence.

This article describes some of the ways in which dual enrollment requires the engagement of college faculty with high school personnel and their students, and it reviews the challenges and potential benefits of these relationships.

Based on analysis of nationally representative AP exam data taken from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, this article examines whether incentives provided to students, teachers, and schools help students enroll and succeed in AP exams.

This study uses rigorous quantitative methods to examine the impact of dual enrollment participation on students in Florida and New York City.

This report is intended to inform educators, policymakers, administrators, and researchers about current policies and practices that shape dual enrollment in California.

This article provides a theoretical rationale for policymakers' support for programs that allow high school students to take college-level classes for credit.

This summary is intended to help decision-makers understand why research on the effectiveness of dual enrollment programs is important and how policymakers can support research activities.

This book chapter reviews three dominant strategies to create academic linkages between high school and college—remediation, dual enrollment, and the high school/college alignment movement.

This paper explores whether dual enrollment helps students learn about the role of college student.

This report reviews findings from a study of five programs that allow high school students to take classes for college credit, or "credit-based transition programs."

This report analyzes dual enrollment legislation in all 50 states and examines whether these policies promote or inhibit the spread of dual enrollment programs.

This literature review examines research on the effectiveness of school-based career guidance and development programs.

Focusing on dual enrollment, Tech Prep, AP, IB, and middle college high schools, this report offers a comprehensive look at the evidence base on this rapidly growing group of education initiatives.

This article provides an overview of preexisting relationships between high school and colleges and discusses the promising initiative of dual enrollment.

This journal article explores the decision-making factors for students applying to postsecondary institutions, with a focus on issues related to student ethnicity.

This paper and related brief discuss the problem of high school students' failure to prepare for college demands; policy reforms are suggested.

Drawing on site visits to four community colleges, this paper examines how community colleges are responding to workforce preparation pressures.