Angela Long

America's Forgotten Student Population: Creating a Path to College Success for GED® Completers Angela Long

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: EDITOR'S NOTE ON THE FOREWORDFOREWORD Story MusgravePREFACE Angela LongINTRODUCTION Angela LongPART ONE: THE VOICE OF THE RESEARCHER 1. IDLE ASSETS An Examination of America's Underdeveloped Capital Christopher M. Mullin 2. AMERICA'S UNTAPPED RESOURCE Taking a Closer Look at GED Student Populations Margaret Becker Patterson 3. FROM GED(r) TO POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION The Role of Institutions Wei SongPART TWO: THE VOICE OF THE STATEWIDE LEADER AND ADMINISTRATOR4. REDEFINING COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT SUCCESS Helton "Hep" M. Aldridge5. STATE OF EDUCATIONAL TRENDS The Developmental Education Dilemma Mark A. Heinrich6. LESSONS ON LEADERSHIP K 12 Dropout Prevention Models in Promoting Postsecondary Education Success Steve Dobo7. DELVING INTO THE TRENCHES A Practitioner s Perspective Pamela Blumenthal8. INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL Santa Fe Scholars Program as a Model for the Future Jackson SasserPART THREE: THE VOICE OF THE STUDENT: PROMOTING RETENTION FROM A STUDENT LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE9. FROM GED(r) TO MASTER S DEGREE Leah Rapoza10. THE POWER OF STUDENT LEADERSHIP IN TRANSFORMING LIVES Frederick Parks Jr.11. REFLECTIONS OF A PEER MENTOR LEADER Catlin CadePART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS12. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Angela LongAPPENDIXABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORSINDEX"Publisher Marketing: "This book sheds some much needed light on an understudied part of our higher education system. Researchers and policymakers should take heed of the potential to tap into the underutilized human capital present in GED Completers as a means to improve national competitiveness and promote individual opportunity." Nicole M. Chestang, Executive Vice President, GED Testing Service"This important book provides a rich set of perspectives on the needs, aspirations, and, yes, potential for success of an often neglected population of college students: those who earned a GED instead of a high school diploma. It is a must-read for college educators who want to understand who these students are and how better to serve them." Davis Jenkins, Senior Research Associate, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University This book makes clear that we should no longer consider GED recipients second to high school graduates; rather, with the right kinds of assistance and support they can be just as successful. Betsy Brand, Executive Director, America Youth Policy Forum This is a remarkable book that combines ground-breaking research on the lifelong learning of dropouts with very moving personal stories of students who have gone on to succeed in their lives. I strongly recommend this book to anyone wanting to understand the social, educational and economic dimensions of these issues facing millions of adults in our country, as well as what we can do about it." Stephen Reder, Literacy, Language, and Technology Research Group, Portland State University, and author of Literacy in AmericaConstituting one in six of adult Americans over the age of 25, GED certificate holders constitute a major pool of underdeveloped human capital in our society. They are a resource that will be sorely needed as boomers reach retirement and the traditional pipeline of 17 23 year olds falls short of filling our growing workforce needs. This is the first book to remedy the dearth of data on this forgotten population, to present original research on these students, describing their characteristics and motivations, and to provide proven models for identifying, retaining and graduating this under-counted and underestimated cohort. It addresses the issue of the pipeline from GED centers to postsecondary education, and includes first-person narratives that offer vivid insights into GED earners resilience and needs."

Contributor Bio:  Long, Angela Angela Long is an educational researcher, educator, and author of the "Five Factors Theory;" currently serves as an independent consultant in higher education. She works with leaders across the nation to publish groundbreaking data and retention metrics for at-risk student populations attending community colleges. Contributor Bio:  Mullin, Christopher M Christopher M. Mullin is Assistant Vice Chancellor at the Florida Department of Education, having formerly served as the Program Director for Policy Analysis at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) in Washington, D. C. His research has focused on the evolution and development of state postsecondary education systems, with specific focus on community colleges and fiscal policy.