Corporate Investments in College Readiness and Access

Corporate Investments in College Readiness and Access

This report examines major corporations' philanthropic support for "college readiness and access initiatives," defined as efforts to increase the likelihood that students will graduate from high school fully prepared to enroll and succeed in college. The report supplements substantial...

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Veröffentlicht in:Institute for Higher Education Policy 2008
Hauptverfasser: Erisman, Wendy, Looney, Shannon M
Format: Report
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Access to Education
Business
Case Studies
College Preparation
Competition
Corporations
Educational Attainment
Educational Research
Ethnicity
Global Approach
Higher Education
Private Financial Support
Race
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Zusammenfassung:This report examines major corporations' philanthropic support for "college readiness and access initiatives," defined as efforts to increase the likelihood that students will graduate from high school fully prepared to enroll and succeed in college. The report supplements substantial research that highlights the importance of higher education to ensuring a U.S. workforce prepared to compete in a global economy. (Contains 4 figures and 2 footnotes.) [This paper was prepared for the Business-Higher Education Forum with support from USA Funds.]