| Title: |
Realizing Equitable Access to Rigorous College-Preparatory Coursework |
| 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 |