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Article: Are students ready for college? What student engagement data say; how realistic are high school students' educational aspirations? Reviewing the findings of the High School Survey of Student Engagement, Ms. McCarthy and Mr. Kuh note a troubling mismatch between the academic habits of many high school students and what will be expected of them in college.
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- Phi Delta Kappan
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- May 1, 2006
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HIGH SCHOOLS are under more scrutiny today than at any other time in recent memory. Employers and university faculty members lament that high school graduates do not have the knowledge, academic skills, and practical competencies to perform adequately in college or work environments. The senior year in particular is thought to be an educational wasteland. (1)
Policy makers, including President Bush, say that at least two years of college are needed to function effectively in today's work force, a view affirmed by various advocacy groups. (2) But only 68 of every 100 ninth-graders graduate from high school on time, with about 40 of them enrolling immediately in ...