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Making the Case
Click on the links below to read recent findings on some of the trends of the complex world of college access.  Special thanks to the Citizens League for compiling and sharing this information.

Governor Pawlenty asked the Citizens League to examine the future of higher education in Minnesota, especially in light of changing demographics and an increasingly competitive global economy.  Their report (see below for a link to the full report) cites two particularly disturbing trends:

“The supply of potential new workers coming through the K-12 educational pipeline will begin shrinking just as baby-boomers start retiring;

Students of color and low-income students will be an increasing percentage of this pipeline, and their current achievement in high school and higher education is uneven and often inadequate. Our success in higher education depends on their success.”

The Citizens League calls for Minnesota to invest in the future of higher education in our state by increasing the number of students participating in college access programs.  They recommend that we “expand successful programs such as Admission Possible” which has “a demonstrated track record of success.”




Get Acrobat Reader  Trouble on the Horizon  
The 2004 Citizen's League report on higher education in Minnesota explores growing demands and competition, limited resources, and changing demographics in higher education.
Get Acrobat Reader  A New Vision for the St. Paul Public Schools  
The Citizen's League report discusses the responsibility of St. Paul and the wider community to expect that all students can pursue higher education, and should have the resources to do so.
Get Acrobat Reader  A Shared Agenda  
The Pathways to College Network, an alliance of national organizations established to improve college access and success, compiled this document to outline gaps in college going for low-income and minority students, as well as students with disabilities.
Get Acrobat Reader  Accelerating Advancement in School & Work  
Hilary Pennington examines efforts to reform the American education system in light of ongoing economic restructuring.
Get Acrobat Reader  The Access Challenge  
The Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Indiana University examines the gap in college participation rates between low-income and high-income students and between minorities and Whites.
Get Acrobat Reader  Access & Persistance: Findings from 10 Years of Longitudinal Research on Students  
Susan P. Choy of the American Council on Education examines several key questions about higher education: What do we really know about who's going to college? Who persists on the path toward a degree? What happens to students after they enroll?
Get Acrobat Reader  All Students Reaching the Top  
The National Study Group for the Affirmative Development of Academic Ability examines strategies for closing achievement gaps.
Get Acrobat Reader  Building a Highway to Higher Education  
The Center for an Urban Future examines P-16 programs in New York.
Get Acrobat Reader  Completion Study for the Class of 2001  
The Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning reports data on graduation and drop out rates of the class of 2001 in Minnesota.
Get Acrobat Reader  Crisis at the Core  
ACT explores the issue of college readiness and education reform.
Get Acrobat Reader  Economic and Social Returns of Baccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Degrees  
The Postsecondary Education Policy Studies Center at the University of Minnesota makes the case that a college degree provides a drastic difference in economic status.
Get Acrobat Reader  Higher Education: Who Benefits?  
The NEA Higher Education Research Center examines the benefits of higher education to the community and the individual, and explores the question of how to complete the funding equation as to how much society and the individual should pay.
Get Acrobat Reader  The Lost Opportunity of Senior Year  
The National Commission on the High School Senior Year explores senior year of high school as an integral part of students' preparation for life, citizenship, work, and further education.
Get Acrobat Reader  Public High School Graduation and College Readiness  
The Center for Civic Innovation ranks all states based on graduation and college readiness rates.
Get Acrobat Reader  Raising Our Sights: No High School Senior Left Behind  
The National Commission on the High School Senior Year argues the need to improve alignment, raise achievement and provide more (and more rigorous) alternatives in high school education.
Get Acrobat Reader  Schools First Report  
This report evaluates the impact of the Schools First Program, a three-year initiative of the Center for School Change and the Cargill Foundation. The program aimed to increase student academic skills in reading or math, and to improve family support for strong education at 11 Twin Cities schools.
Get Acrobat Reader  Saint Paul Public Schools ACT Report 2003  
This report outlines the ACT results of students in the St. Paul Public Schools in 2003 as compared to prior years.
Get Acrobat Reader  Saint Paul Public Schools Youth Leadership Initiative  
This initiative gave students the opportunity to voice their perceptions of barriers to college and possible solutions to those barriers. The report outlines the thoughts and ideas gathered from the students.
Get Acrobat Reader  The State of College Admission  
The National Association for College Admission Counseling provides an amalgamation of material from the assessment of trends that affect students making the transition from high school to college, the most important factors in the college admissions decisions, and information from the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Census Bureau.
Get Acrobat Reader  Understanding University Success  
Standards for Success of the Association of American Universities outlines what students must know and be able to do in order to succeed in entry-level university courses.

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The Results are In!
Wilder Research's evaluation of Admission Possible yielded strong results. Click here to read the report.

Investment in AP yields a 500% return to society
Peter Heegaard, a respected business leader, recently completed a "return on investment" analysis of the Admission Possible program.  He found that an investment of $3,000 (AP's programming costs for one student for the 2 years of our program) will yield a 500% return to society over the student's life.  Mr. Heegaard reported on this recently in his quarterly "Investment Letter," which is sent to the members of the One Percent Club, a group of Minnesotans who give away 1% of their wealth each year.

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