ERIC Number: EJ1032365
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 19
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Facilitating College Readiness through Campus Life Experiences
Schaefer, Mary Beth
RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, v37 n7 2014
In a program called "College Immersion," middle grades students spend up to one week on a local college campus, attending specially designed college classes and experiencing collegiate activities. This research study reports on findings related to two different college-middle school partnerships involved in a College Immersion program. Literature on college and career readiness suggests that the middle school years are critical for future academic success, especially for the kinds of vulnerable populations that are involved in this study. Taking middle grades students to college offers them authentic experiences that facilitate college readiness. After participation in a College Immersion program, students in both college-middle school partnerships demonstrated aspects of college readiness as outlined by Conley (2007). Following a weeklong experience of immersion in college life, students imagined a future that included post-secondary possibilities, developed college knowledge, and cultivated deeply positive feelings about college.
Descriptors: College Readiness, Middle School Students, Student Experience, Campuses, College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Developmental Studies Programs, Academic Achievement, Program Descriptions, Student Surveys, Pretests Posttests, Participant Observation, Academic Aspiration, Familiarity, Consciousness Raising, Teacher Student Relationship, Self Esteem, Educational Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Middle Schools; Postsecondary Education; Higher Education
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Language: English
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