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The College Connection
Education Week reports on how minority students have taken advantage of their high-schools' partnerships with colleges. A two-story package reveals that the ties between colleges and K-12 schools bring positive influence in the lives of students most of whom are at the same time facing family and economic problems. Most students in these high-schools aspire to get college education, after they graduate. The report features two specific examples of such successful partnerships - between Frederick Douglass Academy in Harlem and Ithaca College in upstate New York, and between Syracuse University and High School for Leadership and Public Service in the so-called Spanish Harlem in Manhattan.
Tags: secondary; postsecondary institutions; universities; college-application process; academy; inner-city students; poverty; minorities; low income; teaching; learning
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Overselling College
This article debates the benefits of a liberal arts degree vs. practical vocational or technical training. The merits of President Bill Clinton's education proposals and whether American schools are preparing children and young adults for work are also discussed.
Tags: higher education; trade schools; public schools; postsecondary education; Homer S. Gudelshy Institute for Technical Education in Maryland