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Summer Melt - Supporting Low-Income Students Through the Transition to College (Paperback)
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Summer Melt - Supporting Low-Income Students Through the Transition to College (Paperback)
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Under increasing pressure to raise graduation rates and ensure that
students leave high school college- and career-ready, many school
and district leaders may believe that, when students graduate with
college acceptances in hand, their work is done. But as Benjamin L.
Castleman and Lindsay C. Page show, summer can be a time of
significant attrition among collegeintending seniors - especially
those from low-income families. Anywhere from 10 to 40 percent of
students presumed to be headed to college fail to matriculate at
any postsecondary institution in the fall following high school.
Summer Melt explores the complex factors that contribute to this
trend - the absence of school support, confusion over paperwork,
lack of parental guidance, and the teenage tendency to
procrastinate. The authors draw on findings from fields such as
neuroscience, behavioral economics, and social psychology to
contextualize these factors. Drawing on a series of research
studies, they show how schools and districts can developeffective,
low-cost, scalable responses - including counselor outreach, peer
mentoring, and using text messages and social media - to help
students stay on track over the summer. Summer Melt offers very
practical guidance for schools and districts committed to helping
their students make the transition to college.
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