May 2, 2008
Survey Finds Mismatch in Student Achievement and Parents' College Expectations
The Education Department released a report last week that offers new insights into the factors influencing whether parents expect their children to enroll at four-year colleges. It suggests that many young people who could succeed at such institutions are not being encouraged by their families or schools to apply.
Although other studies have similarly looked at families' expectations that children attend college, the new study, based on a 2003 survey of the parents of about 6,800
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