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Grant funded partnership formed to research and provide national leadership to advance knowledge about the employment and earnings benefits associated with postsecondary education.

Supports the work of counseling and enrollment professionals who support students pursuing postsecondary education.

By David T. Conley, published by Jossey-Bass, 2005. From summary: Describes many of the problems facing ill prepared college-bound students and outlines potential actions that should enable more students to go on to postsecondary education and do well in entry-level college courses.

From the overview, "The Texas High School Project (THSP) is a unique public-private alliance dedicated to significantly improving the postsecondary readiness of low-income students with a focus on students in low-performing schools." Early college high schools are one of their focus areas.

Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) "is an elementary through postsecondary college readiness system that is designed to increase schoolwide learning and performance." According to their website, AVID began in 1980 at Clairemont High School and now serves "over 400,000 students in nearly 4,500 elementary and secondary schools in 47 states, the District of Columbia and across 16 countries/territories.

Authored by Clifford Adelman and published by the U.S. Department of Education (ED.gov), 2006. From the Executive Summary, the document "is a data essay that follows a nationally representative cohort of students from high school into postsecondary education, and asks what aspects of their formal schooling contribute to completing a bachelor's degree by their mid-20s." Both PDF and Word Doc available from this page.

From Oregon's state website, an outline of Governor Kitzhaber's recent plan to establish the Oregon Education Investment Board (OEIB), where there were previously 2 separate bodies (one for k-12 and one for postsecondary). This focus on a "zero-to-20 system," intends to help the Governor meet his goal of "all Oregonians earn[ing] a high school diploma...prepared for college and work, and...80% of students achieve at least two years of post-secondary education or training."

Housed at Pasadena City College, Fast Track is a program that enables high school students to attend PCC.

A membership organization representing presidents and chancellors of all types of US-based post-secondary institutions (both 2-year and 4-year colleges, as well as universities).