Inside Higher Ed
Only about a third of Chicago Public School students with aspirations to attain four-year degrees enroll in colleges matching their qualifications, with 62 percent of students attending colleges with selectivity levels “below the kinds of colleges they would have most likely been accepted to, given their level of qualifications,” according to a new study from the Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago.
The report, “From High School to the Future: Potholes on the Road to College,” tracks challenges to college access among Chicago Public School students -- who are largely low-income and first-generation college candidates -- that go beyond questions of inadequate academic qualifications or college affordability...