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exists in the college-going culture of the district in general and the schools in particular.
This means that less than one quarter of GUSD students will attend college, either full-time
or half-time with many students being challenged and unprepared for the rigors of
college life, resulting in a lack of persistence, which could contribute to students leaving
school before graduation. Finding a way to bridge the gap in college access is important
to improving the social and economic well being of students and the greater community
at large. Having citizens who are able to navigate through society and can make sound
decisions was always one of the goals of the American educational system.
The significance of the study is that it will contribute more knowledge to the research
on college access and provide a foundation for that body of knowledge within the school
district and it will add to the research and knowledge within education.
Object Description
| Title | Improving college participation success in Glendale Unified School District: An application of the gap analysis model |
| Author | Cassady, Dawn Marie |
| Author email | Kedwyn@aol.com; cassady@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-01-22 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-04-29 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Marsh, David D. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Rueda, Robert S. Arias, Robert J. |
| Abstract | From the time of Brown v. Board of Education, the role of education has been on the forefront of our social, political and economic landscape. Legislation such as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and No Child Left Behind as well as publications like A Nation at Risk have all illustrated the lack of access, equity and achievement in American schools for the last fifty years. Currently, the United States has a 69% average high school graduation rate, which varies between subgroups and of those students only 57% continue their education in college.; Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) is a high-performing, large, urban school district that serves an economically and culturally diverse population. This project examined the root causes of the gaps in college going rates for all students as well as those of the underrepresented subgroups by applying the Clark and Estes (2005) gap analysis model. Gaps between goal achievement (college participation) and actual student performance were examined and then research-based solutions for closing the achievement gap and recommendations based on those solutions were recommended to the school district administrative team. |
| Keyword | secondary education; school reform; college access |
| Geographic subject | school districts: Glendale Unified School District |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 1954/2010 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3806 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Cassady, Dawn Marie |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Cassady-4360 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume14/etd-Cassady-4360.pdf |
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| Title | Page 19 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 13 exists in the college-going culture of the district in general and the schools in particular. This means that less than one quarter of GUSD students will attend college, either full-time or half-time with many students being challenged and unprepared for the rigors of college life, resulting in a lack of persistence, which could contribute to students leaving school before graduation. Finding a way to bridge the gap in college access is important to improving the social and economic well being of students and the greater community at large. Having citizens who are able to navigate through society and can make sound decisions was always one of the goals of the American educational system. The significance of the study is that it will contribute more knowledge to the research on college access and provide a foundation for that body of knowledge within the school district and it will add to the research and knowledge within education. |
