December 12, 2007

Most Parents of Middle-School Students Plan Too Little for College, Survey Finds

By Peter Schmidt

Washington

Far too few parents of middle-school students are doing what they need to do to ensure their children can go on to college, with the parents of minority and disadvantaged students being especially likely to lag in such preparation, according to a report being released here today by the Institute for Higher Education Policy.

The report, based on a national survey of 1,800 parents of children in sixth through eighth grade, says that 87 percent of such parents fully expect their

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