{"id":1870,"date":"2018-02-22T14:13:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T19:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=1870"},"modified":"2018-02-23T08:50:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T13:50:52","slug":"first-gen-students-less-likely-to-access-rigorous-coursework-in-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/02\/22\/first-gen-students-less-likely-to-access-rigorous-coursework-in-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"First-Gen Students Less Likely to Access Rigorous Coursework in High School"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The challenges faced by first-generation college students are well-documented, and according to new data, some of those hurdles begin to crop up in high school.<\/p>\n

A research brief<\/a> from the National Center for Education Statistics found that students whose parents did not go to college were less likely to enroll in challenging high school courses than their peers.<\/p>\n

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For instance, just 18 percent of prospective first-generation college students earned AP or IB credits while in high school. Forty-four percent of children with degree-holding parents met that benchmark.<\/p>\n

More troubling, only 16 percent of first-gen students completed \u201can academically focused curriculum\u201d \u2014 a term used to describe a college prep pathway that includes higher-level math and science courses and at least two years of a foreign language.<\/p>\n

The data supports the need for all high schools to offer rigorous courses and academic counseling to their students \u2014 two goals supported by NACAC. Oftentimes, first-generation students attend under-resourced schools, making it difficult for them to access college prep courses.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite evidence of the importance of a strong curriculum, inequities in access to high-level coursework persist across socioeconomic lines,\u201d a NACAC policy paper<\/a> on the issue notes. \u201cLow-income students are more likely to attend underfunded and under-resourced schools that do not offer advanced coursework. Increasing equitable access to rigorous curricula will help more underserved students graduate from high school prepared for postsecondary success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0mstegmeir@nacacnet.org.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The challenges faced by first-generation college students are well-documented, and according to new data, some of those hurdles begin to crop up in high school. A research brief from the National Center for Education Statistics found that students whose parents did not go to college were less likely to enroll in challenging high school courses … Continue reading First-Gen Students Less Likely to Access Rigorous Coursework in High School<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,23],"tags":[331],"class_list":["post-1870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access","category-college-readiness","tag-first-generation"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-ua","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}