America's forgotten student population : creating a path to college success for GED completers / edited By Angela Long and Christopher M. Mullin ; foreword by Story Musgrave.
""Cover""; ""CONTENTS""; ""EDITORâ€?S NOTE ON THE FOREWORD""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PART ONE: THE VOICE OF THE RESEARCHER""; ""1. IDLE ASSETS: An Examination of Americaâ€?s Underdeveloped Capital""; ""2. AMERICAâ€?S UNTAPPED RESOURCE: Taking a Closer Look at GED® Student Populations""; ""3. FROM GED® TO POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION: The Role of Institutions""; ""PART TWO: THE VOICE OF THE STATEWIDE LEADER AND ADMINISTRATOR""; ""4. REDEFINING COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT SUCCESS""; ""5. STATE OF EDUCATIONAL TRENDS: The Developmental Education Dilemma""
""6. LESSONS ON LEADERSHIP: Kâ€?12 Dropout Prevention Models in Promoting Postsecondary Education Success""""7. DELVING INTO THE TRENCHES: A Practitionerâ€?s Perspective""; ""8. INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL: Santa Fe Scholars Program as a Model for the Future""; ""PART THREE: THE VOICE OF THE STUDENT: PROMOTING RETENTION FROM A STUDENT LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE""; ""9. FROM GED® TO MASTERâ€?S DEGREE""; ""10. THE POWER OF STUDENT LEADERSHIP IN TRANSFORMING LIVES""; ""11. REFLECTIONS OF A PEER MENTOR LEADER""; ""PART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""
""12. where do we go from here?""""appendix""; ""about the contributors""; ""index""; ""a""; ""b""; ""c""; ""d""; ""e""; ""f""; ""g""; ""h""; ""i""; ""j""; ""k""; ""l""; ""m""; ""n""; ""o""; ""p""; ""q""; ""r""; ""s""; ""t""; ""u""; ""v""; ""w""; ""y""