June 1, 2007

Report: Youths Lack College Savvy

By SARA LIPKA

More than 90 percent of middle-school students plan to attend college, but only a third of them know which high-school courses to take to stay on track, according to a report released last week by the National Association of Secondary School Principals and Phi Delta Kappa International, a professional association for educators.

Such a significant information gap frustrates many students' expectations, says the report. The proportion of students who actually begin college right after