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Early colleges: A new model of schooling focusing on college readiness
Author(s) -
Edmunds Julie A.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
new directions for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0741
pISSN - 0271-0560
DOI - 10.1002/he.20017
Subject(s) - higher education , psychology , mathematics education , qualitative property , pedagogy , medical education , political science , computer science , medicine , law , machine learning
This chapter provides an overview of recent literature on college readiness and the emergence of the early college model. Using quantitative and qualitative data from an experimental study of early colleges in North Carolina, researchers describe the positive effects found on various indicators of college readiness.