Realizing Equitable Access to Rigorous College-Preparatory Coursework
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| Title: | Realizing Equitable Access to Rigorous College-Preparatory Coursework |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Awilda Rodriguez, Campaign for College Opportunity |
| Source: | Campaign for College Opportunity. 2025. |
| Availability: | Campaign for College Opportunity. 714 West Olympic Blvd Suite 745, Los Angeles, CA 90015. Tel: 213-744-9434; Fax: 877-207-3560; e-mail: info@collegecampaign.org; Web site: http://collegecampaign.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 34 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | William T. Grant Foundation |
| Document Type: | Reports - Evaluative Tests/Questionnaires |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education Secondary Education High Schools |
| Descriptors: | College Students, Minority Group Students, Low Income Students, Access to Education, Equal Education, College Preparation, College Bound Students, Hispanic Americans, African American Students, Asian American Students, American Indian Students, Pacific Islanders, Inclusion, Barriers, Advanced Placement, Dual Enrollment, School Counseling, School Policy, Course Selection (Students) |
| Abstract: | Over 50% of American students in our public schools are Latinx, Black, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI), or American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN). Tapping into their talent and ensuring their access to a college education is essential to our future economic power and the success of a multi-racial democracy. Yet, despite the historical exclusion and current underrepresentation of many Americans in our colleges and universities--including those who are first-generation, undocumented, or low-income--anti-equity forces continually threaten to regress the nation back into a pre-civil rights era of darkness and exclusion. This brief examines the importance of access to college-prep coursework in high school; barriers facing Latinx, Black, underrepresented Asian American, NHPI, and AIAN students in the U.S. who are trying to enroll and succeed in these courses; and the implications of those barriers on students' access to four-year college degrees. This examination is followed by recommendations for state, system, and school leaders who seek to ensure equitable access to college-prep curricula. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | ED678045 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Over 50% of American students in our public schools are Latinx, Black, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI), or American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN). Tapping into their talent and ensuring their access to a college education is essential to our future economic power and the success of a multi-racial democracy. Yet, despite the historical exclusion and current underrepresentation of many Americans in our colleges and universities--including those who are first-generation, undocumented, or low-income--anti-equity forces continually threaten to regress the nation back into a pre-civil rights era of darkness and exclusion. This brief examines the importance of access to college-prep coursework in high school; barriers facing Latinx, Black, underrepresented Asian American, NHPI, and AIAN students in the U.S. who are trying to enroll and succeed in these courses; and the implications of those barriers on students' access to four-year college degrees. This examination is followed by recommendations for state, system, and school leaders who seek to ensure equitable access to college-prep curricula. |
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