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Ready, willing, and able : a developmental approach to college access and success / Mandy Savitz-Romer, Suzanne M. Bouffard.

By: Savitz-Romer, Mandy.
Contributor(s): Bouffard, Suzanne M.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Education Press, c2012General Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 242 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 161250132X; 9781612501321; 1612501338; 9781612501338.Subject(s): First-generation college students -- United States | Counseling in secondary education -- United States | Universities and colleges -- United States -- Admission
Contents:
Introduction: Redefining college readiness -- Part 1: Changing the conversation. Chapter 1. More youth, more ready: a developmental understanding of gaps in educational equity -- Chapter 2. Becoming developmentally aware: applying developmental theory to college preparation and planning. Part 2: Changing the approach. Chapter 3. Envisioning: forming an identity that includes college-going -- Chapter 4. Believing: seeing college as possible and probable -- Chapter 5. Aiming: setting goals that set up success -- Chapter 6. Organizing: realizing college dreams through self-regulation -- Chapter 7. Connecting: marshaling the support of peers and families -- Conclusion. Essential principles for incorporating adolescent development.
Summary: Focuses on the develomental tasks and competencies that young people need to master in order to plan for and succeed in higher education. These include identity development, articulating aspirations and expectations, forming and maintaining strong peer and adult relationships, motivation and goal setting, and self-regulatory skills, such as planning.--Back cover
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Redefining college readiness -- Part 1: Changing the conversation. Chapter 1. More youth, more ready: a developmental understanding of gaps in educational equity -- Chapter 2. Becoming developmentally aware: applying developmental theory to college preparation and planning. Part 2: Changing the approach. Chapter 3. Envisioning: forming an identity that includes college-going -- Chapter 4. Believing: seeing college as possible and probable -- Chapter 5. Aiming: setting goals that set up success -- Chapter 6. Organizing: realizing college dreams through self-regulation -- Chapter 7. Connecting: marshaling the support of peers and families -- Conclusion. Essential principles for incorporating adolescent development.

Focuses on the develomental tasks and competencies that young people need to master in order to plan for and succeed in higher education. These include identity development, articulating aspirations and expectations, forming and maintaining strong peer and adult relationships, motivation and goal setting, and self-regulatory skills, such as planning.--Back cover

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