Colleges Must Help Prepare Students for Higher Education, Report Says

If colleges want more of their students to be ready for the academic challenges of higher education, then those institutions have to take a more direct role in elementary and secondary education, recommends a new report from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

The report, written by a dozen college presidents and released here at the association’s annual meeting, calls on its member campuses to begin preparing students as early as preschool, helping children to acquire the building blocks of a successful academic career. And to have the greatest impact, the report says, colleges should focus on areas with high concentrations of poverty, where children have the greatest disadvantages in academic preparation.

“Education is like a pyramid: Each level rests on what came before,” says the report. “Any weakness in a child’s educational development jeopardizes all that follows, and gains made at an early age continue to benefit the child in future years.”

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    I’m just not sure exactly how the universities can do this given the patchwork nature of US K-12 education.
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    And conversely, it would be awesome if K12 curriculum developers (and test-makers) asked college faculty what skills...
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    I am pretty sure almost any educator could have told you this without having to waste money on writing some fancy,...
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    I mean, really. I wish the local community college with stop yanking our students out for promotional tours of their...
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