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Soluna Phoenix Amen

Soluna Phoenix Amen. A Case Study of “Low-Achieving” High School Students’ Transition to College. Is the Road to Deception Paved with Good Intentions?. Regina Deil-Amen Assistant Professor, EDTHP. From High School Through College Completion % of 25-29 year olds. 1971. 1999.

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Soluna Phoenix Amen

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  1. Soluna Phoenix Amen

  2. A Case Study of “Low-Achieving” High School Students’ Transition to College Is the Road to Deception Paved with Good Intentions? Regina Deil-Amen Assistant Professor, EDTHP

  3. From High School Through College Completion% of 25-29 year olds 1971 1999

  4. Why the gap between college enrollment and college completion?Structures of inequality will ingeniously find ways to re-emerge within the very reforms that were meant to destroy them”- Ricardo Stanton-Salazar (USC)3 TRANSFORMATIONS IN EDUCATION • EXPANSION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES • “COLLEGE-FOR-ALL” PHILOSOPHY • GROWTH OF REMEDIATION

  5. 3 TRANSFORMATIONS IN EDUCATION • EXPANSION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES • The expansion of community colleges, and their open admissions policies, represents one of the greatest shifts in our educational structure in the past few decades. Since 1960, four-year college enrollment has doubled yet two-year college enrollments have quintupled.

  6. The reality of college access among most low SES, first generation college students has been access to community college.Community colleges are notperipheral. They are central components of the higher education system in the U.S. Community college students make up about 40% of all college undergraduates Half of these students will leave college with no credential at all.

  7. % of Post-Secondary Students in Two-Year Colleges by Race/Ethnicity

  8. 3 TRANSFORMATIONS IN EDUCATION • 2. “COLLEGE-FOR-ALL” PHILOSOPHY • Teachers and guidance counselors favor a college-for-all philosophy, and they advise nearly all students to try out college, even if they expect students will fail. They say things like, "Who am I to burst their bubble?" • About 85% of high school graduates now plan college degrees, an increase of almost two-thirds since the 1970’s, and all but 6% of those with such plans enroll in college. • Yet most do not end up attaining any degree, especially those with low grades in high school

  9. 3 TRANSFORMATIONS IN EDUCATION 3. GROWTH OF REMEDIATION

  10. “Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in high school anymore.”

  11. THINK AGAIN DOROTHY • 46% of high school students who enroll in college end up in remedial classes • 64% of high school students who enroll in community college end up in remedial classes

  12. So, although students might look forward to college and think, “There’s no place like college,” in fact there is - it’s called high school – at least for those who will end up in remedial classes, repeating high school academic work.

  13. Meet new and different people…

  14. Different Instructors

  15. % of Community College Students Who Dropped Out (within 4 years – no degree, not enrolled)

  16. Open admissions allows for more access and fewer “gatekeepers”…… Yet few remedial students end up with “diplomas” (degrees) after attempting college.

  17. Data Sources(in 3 urban community colleges) • Quantitative • Student survey • Qualitative • Student interviews • Faculty and Administrator Interviews • Content analysis of college catalogs, course schedules, archival data • Observations of daily life: classes, events, meetings, advising sessions, registrations, informal interactions

  18. While in high school: many students had not anticipated their remedial placement • Lacked awareness of college level skills • High school grades provided false signals • High schools held low standards and demanded little effort

  19. Once in college: many students were unclear about their remedial status and its implications • Confused about whether or not they were in remedial classes • Lacked clear information about whether remedial courses count toward degree and/or transfer requirements • Uninformed about the length of time it would take to attain a degree • Failed to realized remediation might affect their likelihood of degree completion • Unaware of the potential for discouragement before their plans are realized • Lacked information about alternative degree and program options

  20. Why? “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.” In an effort to prevent discouraging community college remedial students • college staff downplayed students remedial status and actively encouraged them to pursue their BA degree, despite their low likelihood of completion • classes were not labeled “remedial”

  21. Ironically, attempts to reduce inequality and barriers have created new conditions for blocked opportunity. • Students are being gently deceived into a long-term process without having any idea of how little progress they are making or how long it will take to attain their goal. There is a real risk that many will get no degree and some will get few or no college credits. • Students hold misperceptions and wrong assumptions about their college trajectory, which prevents them from developing realistic strategies

  22. After Dorothy’s journey through Oz, she ends up right back where she started. Like her, too many students journey through college and end up right back where they started – with failed dreams, no college degree, few new skills, and no credentials.

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