The reckoning is here. The UC San Diego report is a warning about the consequences of a decade of magical thinking in education policy and practice. We replaced rigor with rhetoric, and the bill has ...

High school grades are correlated with degree attainment. Earning good grades in high school—which requires showing up to class and participating, turning in assignments, and taking quizzes—typically ...

Racial and gender-based disparities in college-going rates disappear when students receive similar levels of academic preparation in high school, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution ...

Robin Chait and Andrea Venezia detail what we know about academic preparation for college and how state and federal policies can help. Our society is moving toward a model of preparing all students ...

A new faculty report painted a grim picture of the math and writing skills of the first-year class at one of the nation’s ...

First, the good news: In just four years, the number of Hispanic students taking the ACT college entrance exam in Washington state has nearly doubled, suggesting that significantly more minority youth ...

Your academic preparation is the foundation for success in both the professional school application process and professional school itself. For pre-health students, your academic preparation is your ...

Five of EPC’s founders accepted awards at the EPC 10th anniversary. From left, J. Michael Thompson, Francisco Hernandez, Joyce Justus, Martin Chemers, and Karl Pister. Maricela Maldonado is pictured ...

As politicians, academic leaders, and researchers decry the impact of rising tuition prices on college access for needy students, others say such concerns mask a more serious barrier for college ...

The academic preparation of incoming colleges students has a strong impact on dropout rates, according to a newly released report from the ACT, which is a nonprofit testing organization. The findings ...

At one of California’s top universities, many freshmen are unable to do middle-school math.