Middle school and high school are important times for early post secondary planning, and many educational organizations and the U.S. Department of Education recommend that students begin planning for college as early as sixth grade.1,2,3 Schools can play a key role in guiding early preparation for post secondary education through fostering academic preparation and achievement, supporting parent involvement, providing college and careerplanning information, and helping students through the many steps inpost-secondary planning.
The purpose of this study is to:
- Examine the extent of early exploration and planning in certain college readiness areas (i.e., setting educational goals, selecting classes, exploring postsecondary options, and considering ways to meet college costs)
- Explore how parents, school staff, and school experiences help students with their early educational planning
This study reports findings from a survey and focus group discussions with middle and early high school students that demonstrate how people and school-based factors (i.e., classes, extracurricular activities, and pre-college programs) helped shape students’ educational and postsecondary planning. Students in this study were from 15 schools in 6 school districts (Chicago; Charleston, West Virginia; Denver; Los Angeles; New Orleans; and Oklahoma City)-a broad array of urban and suburban schools with students from diverse social and economic backgrounds.
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