Creating Strong Transitions from High School through College: A Progress Report on Redesigning Senior Year

Jobs for the Future. 88 Broad Street 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02110. Tel: 617-728-4446; Fax: 617-728-4857; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.jff.org

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High School Seniors; High School Graduates; College Freshmen; College School Cooperation; Graduation Requirements; College Credits; Student Placement; School Business Relationship; Partnerships in Education; Strategic Planning; Grade 12; Transitional Programs; Dual Enrollment; Design; College Readiness; Educational Strategies; Educational Objectives

Ohio; Texas; Tennessee

Jobs for the Future (JFF) set out a little over a year ago to create such models for bridging the secondary-postsecondary divide, developing strategies for high schools and colleges to build paths from the 12th grade through critical milestones of success in the first year of college. These partnerships of school districts and community colleges in Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas hold the belief that their institutions share responsibility for supporting students whom they so often both serve from the same community within a few months' time. They have a common goal to ensure that every high school student completes key nonremedial college courses by the time they make the transition from 12th grade into the first year of college. They also are co-validating these experiences as part of high school graduation requirements and through college credit or guarantee of placement in nonremedial, college-level courses. This resource guide presents working models of successful employer engagement and lessons for securing and sustaining partnerships with employers. It presents a continuum that gives examples of activities associated with each level of employer engagement.

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