«College Selectivity and Degree Completion,» by Scott Heil of the City University of New York (CUNY), Liza Reisel of the Institute for Social Research in Oslo, and Paul Attewell of the CUNY Graduate Center, is the first study on this topic to use nationally representative data and to account for the higher graduation rates of highly selective institutions in terms of their ability to attract and
enroll higher achieving students.
Not exact matches
The Waldorf School of Baltimore is a member partner school with B.E.S.T. BEST spectrum of services begins with the identification and recruitment of
high -
achieving African American
students in Baltimore who have the potential to thrive in an independent school environment but lack the financial resources necessary to
enroll.
Another school profiled is the Denver School of Science and Technology, which
enrolls a mostly - minority, 47 percent low - income
student population and has
achieved «national renown» for its results, including the second -
highest longitudinal growth rate in
student test scores statewide.
The
high -
achieving, low - income
students who do apply are admitted,
enroll, progress, and graduate at the same rates as
high - income
students with equivalent test scores and grades.
By contrast, the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program in Washington has been more successful in enabling minority
students to
enroll in diverse and
high achieving private schools.
DSST
enrolls a mostly - minority, 47 percent low - income
student population and has
achieved national renown for its extraordinary results, including the second -
highest longitudinal growth rate in
student test scores statewide.
Consequently, lower
achieving students enroll in vocational or general education courses that do not demand
higher level mathematics and science knowledge (Berryman, 1983; Oakes, 1990).
The West Virginia Engineering, Science, and Technology Scholarship provides a maximum annual award of $ 3,000 for
students who
achieve a cumulative
high school GPA of 3.0 and
enroll in eligible programs.
High - achieving, low - income students are less likely to apply to or enroll in highly competitive colleges and less likely to complete college than their low achieving, high - income pe
High -
achieving, low - income
students are less likely to apply to or
enroll in highly competitive colleges and less likely to complete college than their low
achieving,
high - income pe
high - income peers.
Each Center of Excellence
enrolls a proportionate or
higher number of
students with disabilities relative to the district where the school is located, demonstrates an explicit commitment to developing exemplary programs with a focus on inclusion, and
achieves higher - than - average outcomes for
students with disabilities.
Interestingly, more low -
achieving students from the top SEQ (58 %) entered into such programs by 2013 than did
high -
achieving students from the bottom quartile.6 Of course, not all
students enroll in college immediately upon the close of
high school, and it is possible that these gaps close in the years following the end of their secondary education.