Expanding Opportunity in Higher Education: Leveraging Promise

Contents

Acknowledgments xi 1. Introduction: Creating a 21st-century Vision of Access and Equity in Higher Education 1 Patricia Gándara and Gary Orfield Part 1. The Role of K-12 Education in Access and Opportunity in Higher Education 2. California Opportunity Indicators: Informing and Monitoring California’s Progress Toward Equitable College Access 19 Jeannie Oakes, Julie A. Mendoza, and David Silver 3. Lowering Barriers to College Access: Opportunities for More Effective Coordination of State and Federal Student Aid Policies 53 Brian K. Fitzgerald 4. The Role of Advanced Placement and Honors Courses in College Admissions 75 Saul Geiser and Veronica Santelices 5. K-12 and the Pipeline to Higher Education 115 Charles A. Ratliff Part 2. The Role of Higher Education in Creating Access and Opportunity 6. Measuring the State of Equity in Public Higher Education 143 Estela Mara Bensimon, Lan Hao, and Leticia Tomas Bustillos ix Contents 7. Reaping the Benefits of Grutter: College Admissions and Racial/Ethnic Diversity 167 Catherine L. Horn and Patricia Marin 8. The Effectiveness of the Transfer Path for Educationally Disadvantaged Students: California as a Case Study in the Development of a Dual Admissions Program 193 Stephen J. Handel, Margaret Heisel, and Barbara A. Hoblitzell 9. A Strengthened Community College Role in Teacher Preparation: Improving Outcomes for California’s Minority Students 225 Nancy Shulock and Colleen Moore 10. The Educational Pipeline and the Future Professorate: Who Will Teach California’s and the Nation’s Latino and African American College Students? 243 Jorge Chapa 11. Access in California Higher Education: The Promise and the Performance 265 Bruce D. Hamlett Conclusion: Fateful Decisions 277 Gary Orfield and Patricia Gándara About the Contributors 291 Index 299 x Expanding Opportunity in Higher Education ...