Educational Leadership and a Comprehensive Reform for Improving Underrepresented Urban Students’ College Access

Authors

  • Olcay Yavuz Southern Connecticut State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22230/ijepl.2016v11n10a684

Keywords:

Principal and Counselor Partnership, School Reform, College Access of Urban Students

Abstract

Disparities in college access for underrepresented urban students are one of the most urgent educational problems of America’s education system. In response to growing national concern, this longitudinal study investigated how school leaders worked collaboratively with key stakeholders to implement research-supported student services in order to improve college access for underrepresented urban students. The quantitative investigation showed that when educational leaders and key stakeholders worked collaboratively to deliver comprehensive student services, urban students in a high-poverty school district experienced measurable benefits in terms of their college enrolment. This study may be of particular value to policymakers, school leaders, and educators concerned with the low college access rates of students in urban schools, as well as to those who are seeking to understand what works better
to prepare urban students for post-secondary education.

Author Biography

Olcay Yavuz, Southern Connecticut State University

Assistant Professor at the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.

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Published

2017-01-03

How to Cite

Yavuz, O. (2017). Educational Leadership and a Comprehensive Reform for Improving Underrepresented Urban Students’ College Access. International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 11(10). https://doi.org/10.22230/ijepl.2016v11n10a684

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