Facilitating College Readiness through Campus Life Experiences

References

• ACT. (2008). The forgotten middle: Ensuring that all students are on target for college and career readiness before high school. Iowa City, IA: Author. Retrieved from http://www.act.org/research/policymakers/pdf/ForgottenMiddle.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Akos, P., Konold, T., & Niles, S. G. (2004). A career readiness typology and typal membership in middle school. The Career Development Quarterly, 53, 53–66.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Alliance for Excellent Education. (2012, January). Caught in the crisis: Students of color and native students in U.S. high schools. Retrieved from http://www.all4ed.org/files/CaughtCrisisSOC.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Arrington, K. (2000). Middle grades career planning programs [Electronic version]. Journal of Career Development, 27, 103–109.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Balfanz, R. (2009). Putting middle grades students on the graduation path: A policy and practice brief. Westerville, OH: National Middle School Association.
   Google Scholar
• Balfanz, R., Bridgeland, J. M., Moore, L. A., & Fox, J. H. (2010). Building a grad nation: Progress and challenge in ending the high school dropout epidemic. Retrieved from http://www.americaspromise.org/our-work/grad-nation/building-a-grad-nation.aspx
   Google Scholar
• Bandura, A. (1977). Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Psychological Review, 84(2), 191–215.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bogdan, R., & Biklen, S. K. (2007). Qualitative research for education: An introduction to theories and methods. Boston, MA: Pearson.
   Google Scholar
• Brazee, E. (2000). Curriculum for whom? In J. L. Irvin (Ed.), What current research says to the middle level practitioner (pp. 187–207). Columbus, OH: National Middle School Association.
   Google Scholar
• Charmaz, K. (2000). Grounded theory: Objectivist and constructivist methods. In N. K. Denzin & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.), Handbook of qualitative research, 2nd edition (pp. 509–535). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Conley, D. T. (2005). College knowledge: What it really takes for students to succeed and what we can do to get them ready. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
   Google Scholar
• Conley, D. T. (2007). Redefining college readiness. Eugene, OR: Educational Policy Improvement Center.
   Google Scholar
• Ely, M. (2002). Braiding essence: Learning what I thought I already knew about teaching qualitative research. In R. Josselson, D. P. McAdams, & A. Lieblich (Eds.). Up close and personal: The teaching and learning of narrative research (pp. 215–238). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
   Google Scholar
• Finnan, C., & Kombe, D. (2011). Accelerating struggling students’ learning through identity redevelopment. Middle School Journal, 42(4), 4–12.
   Google Scholar
• Lincoln, Y. S., & Guba, E. G. (1985). Naturalistic inquiry. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Markus, H., & Nurius, P. (1986). Possible selves. American Psychologist, 41, 954–969.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• National Middle School Association. (2010). This we believe: Successful schools for young adolescents. Westerville, OH: Author.
   Google Scholar
• Obama, B. (2010, February 22). President Obama calls for new steps to prepare America’s children for success in college and careers. Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office
   Google Scholar
• Osborn, D. S., & Reardon, R. C. (2006). Using the self-directed search: Career Explorer with high-risk middle school students. Career Development Quarterly, 54, 269–273.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schaefer, M. B., & Rivera, L. M. (2011). Partnering for college and career readiness. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 15(4), 131–136.
   Google Scholar
• Schaefer, M. B., Rivera, L. M., & Ophals, E. (2010). Creating a collaborative career development program for middle school students. Middle School Journal, 42(2), 30–38.
   Google Scholar
• Shore, R., Ray, J., & Goolkasian, P. (2013). Too close for (brain) comfort: Improving science vocabulary learning in the middle grades. Middle School Journal, 44(5), 16–21.
   Google Scholar
• Strauss, A., & Corbin, J. (1998). Basics of qualitative research: Techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory (2nd Edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Tierney, W. G., Colyar, J. E., & Corwin, Z. B. (2003). Preparing for college: Building expectations, changing realities. Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis, CHEPA, University of Southern California.
   Google Scholar
• Trusty, J., & Niles, S. (2003). High-school math courses and completion of the bachelor’s degree. Professional School Counseling, 7, 99–107.
   Google Scholar
• Trusty, J., Spenser, N., & Carney, J. V. (2005). Education-Career planning and middle school counselors. Professional School Counseling, 9, 136–143.
   Google Scholar
• Venezia, A., Kirst, M. W., & Antonio, A. L. (2003). Betraying the college dream: How disconnected K–12 and postsecondary education systems undermine student aspirations. Final Policy Report from Stanford University’s Bridge Report, agreement # R309A60001, CFDA84.309A.
   Google Scholar
• Willis, J. (2006). Memory, learning, and test-taking success. Research-based strategies to ignite student learning. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
   Google Scholar
• Willis, J. (2007). Cooperative learning is a brain turn-on. Middle School Journal, 38(4), 4–13.
   Google Scholar
• Wilson, N. S., & Smetana, L. (2009). Questioning as thinking: A metacognitive framework. Middle School Journal, 41(2), 20–28.
   Google Scholar
• Yin, R. K. (2008). Case study research: Design and methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
   Google Scholar