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Article: Build a bridge from high school to college: transition programs are essential for many disadvantaged students.(Education and Academics)
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- Phi Kappa Phi Forum
- Article date:
- September 22, 2009
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Student transition from high school to college needs to begin early in the former setting, not at the outset of the latter, especially for low-income and minority youth.
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Only 54% of low-income traditional college students graduate within six years compared with 77% of their higher-income counterparts, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, a federal entity based in Washington, D.C., and located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences (from 2002 data).
The disparity also is evident across racial and ethnic lines: only 46% of African Americans and 47% of Latinos ...