scholarly journals Increasing access to higher education: Reflections on a border crossing curriculum designed for an enrichment programme for talented high school learners

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Brenner
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
Border Crossing ◽  
Access To Higher Education

Autonomy to Accountability

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Albjerg Graham
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
High School Graduates ◽  
The United States ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Degree ◽  
The World ◽  
College Classes

When is Schooling Complete? At the beginning of the twentieth century most Americans believed they had “completed” their schooling if they finished the eighth grade. Only 6 percent of young people then graduated from high school. Eighth-grade graduation was a major celebration, particularly in rural neighborhoods, with the newly recognized scholars feted and dressed in their best as the photograph of my father’s 1908 Ottertail County, Minnesota, eighth-grade class illustrates. In 1955 a ninth-grade student in my homeroom, when queried how far her father had gone in school, replied confidently, “all the way.” That meant high school graduation in the Deep Creek, Virginia, neighborhood. By the end of the twentieth century, however, that definition had changed radically. “Completing schooling” now means some college at a minimum, with about 66 percent of high school graduates now attending, and increasingly it has meant acquiring a post-graduate degree. These changing expectations for what is considered sufficient schooling have dramatically altered American views of higher education. Once thought the domain of the very few (less than 2 percent of the age group in 1900) and largely peripheral to the economy, colleges and universities occupied a very different position at the beginning of the twenty-first century. They now appeal to a mass population, and they constitute a crucial link in the economy through their research and development activities. Furthermore, unlike 1900 when few foreigners would ever have considered coming to the United States to study, they now attract both students and faculty from all over the world, including some of the most gifted and ambitious. The range of these institutions from the leading research universities, which remain among the best in the world, to “open enrollment” institutions (with no requirements for admission other than paying the tuition), which provide unparalleled access to higher education, is extraordinary. Today the academic overlap between some of the best high schools and some undergraduate institutions is considerable, with high school juniors and seniors flourishing in college classes.

scholarly journals POR QUE A DISCIPLINA DE QUÍMICA GERAL REPROVA TANTO?

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 449-468
Author(s):  
Eduardo Ribeiro Mueller ◽  
Leticia Vanin ◽  
Gabriel Bezerra Cardoso ◽  
Rans Miler Pereira Dantas
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
General Chemistry ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Failure Rates ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Level Of Difficulty ◽  
The Relationship

Resumo: Este trabalho faz parte de uma abordagem investigativa denominada Transição Ensino Médio/Universidade: conflitos do acesso ao ensino superior em Química. Neste artigo o objetivo foi verificar contradições estatísticas relacionadas a aprovações e reprovações na educação básica e no ensino superior em Química, e investigar a relação entre os altos índices de reprovação na disciplina de Química Geral e o perfil dos estudantes que ingressam no curso de Licenciatura em Química da UFMT – Campus Araguaia. Para isso, realizamos coleta de dados (matriculados, aprovados e reprovados) junto ao curso de Licenciatura em química e junto à SEDUC-MT, resultados de 2014 a 2018, e realizamos observação participante na turma de química geral do semestre 2019/1. Os resultados comprovaram nossa hipótese, de que há distinção quanto à aferição de notas e quanto ao nível de dificuldade das avaliações praticadas. Concluímos que, em ambos os casos, a aprendizagem não está sendo alcançada de modo satisfatório.Palavras-chave: Química Geral; Aprovação; Reprovação; Aprendizagem. Abstract: This work is part of an investigative approach called Transition High School/ University: conflicts of access to higher education in Chemistry. In this article the objective was to verify statistical contradictions related to pass and fail in Basic Education and Higher Education in Chemistry, and to investigate the relationship between the high failure rates in the discipline of General Chemistry and the profile of students who enter the undergraduate course in Chemistry at UFMT - Campus Araguaia. For this, we performed data collection (enrolled, approved and disapproved) with the chemistry degree course and with SEDUC-MT, results from 2014 to 2018, and performed participant observation in the general chemistry class of the semester 2019/1. The results confirmed our hypothesis, that there is a distinction regarding the assessment of grades and the level of difficulty of the practiced evaluations. We conclude that, in both cases, learning is not being achieved satisfactorily.Keywords: General chemistry; Approval; Disapproval; Learning.

scholarly journals Desigualdad en el acceso educativo en México: Un estudio con sujetos egresados de un bachillerato tecnológico de alto desempeño

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Fernando Pérez-Santiago ◽  
Manuel Villarruel-Fuentes
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Education System ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Higher Education System

Access to the higher education system in Mexico has been characterized by educational inequalities explained by social and reproductionist currents. The phenomenon occurs in graduate students with a high school diploma and coming from different contexts (social, cultural, economic, institutional and academic ones) that create a process of transition far away from equal opportunities. Therefore, the differences due to cultural diversity do not generate equitable access to higher education institutions. The aim of this study was to identify the social, cultural and academic factors affecting the access to or the abandonment of the academic education of students with expectations of entering the higher education system. The research was based on the results obtained from forty technicians who studied at a vocational high school with high academic performance in Mexico, and were supposed to enter the higher level. It was an exploratory descriptive investigation with qualitative approach, using two multiple-choice item questionnaires whose results were analyzed interpretively. The sampling was non-probability, with the technique of “snowball” and “convenience”. The results showed that the level of parents’ schooling, social relations, and academic career of graduates were decisive to enter the higher education; so it can be concluded that the students’ origin generate inequality in educational achievement.

Transition to Higher Education in South Korea: Current Status and Issues

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 319-324
Author(s):  
Kyeong-Hwa Kim ◽  
Joungmin Kim
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
College Education ◽  
Admission Policy ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
School Students

In South Korea, higher education is widely available to all people. However, few people with disabilities have received a college education. In 1995, the Higher Education Special Admission for Students with Special Needs policy was implemented to promote opportunities for individuals with disabilities to have access to higher education. Since the special admission policy was implemented, an increasing number of high school students with disabilities have entered college. Research indicates that the transition from high school to higher education is not smooth for students with disabilities. Accordingly, this article discusses issues surrounding this transition for students with disabilities after briefly describing the college entrance system and policies on transitioning to higher education in South Korea.

The Impact of State Drug Laws on High School Completion and College Enrollment for Latino Young Men

2021 ◽  
pp. 000276422110548
Author(s):  
Tolani A. Britton ◽  
Arlyn Y. Moreno Luna
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
College Enrollment ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
High School Completion ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Drug Laws ◽  
School Completion ◽  
The Impact

Although college enrollment and completion rates have increased over the past 30 years, access to higher education has not been uniform across racial groups. In addition to racial gaps, differences in tertiary education outcomes exist by gender. Gender gaps in college enrollment are larger in the Latinx community than in other racial or ethnic groups. In this paper, we use the October Current Population Survey (CPS) supplements for the years 1984–1992 and state and federal drug laws to measure the impact of the passage of the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act on the likelihood of college enrollment for young Latino men. Following the passage of the federal law, some states changed their drug laws around marijuana and cocaine possession and distribution. We use this variation in state law in order to explore whether states that have more lenient marijuana and cocaine laws also have a higher likelihood of college enrollment. We find that there was a four percentage point decline in both the likelihood of high school completion and that of college enrollment for Latinx men after the passage of the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act. Findings have implications for modifications to state drug laws and addressing the ways in which these laws impact educational attainment for students underrepresented in higher education.

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