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TWU volunteers to encourage college and career planning at
Dallas middle school
10/5/06
DENTON — A team
of nine volunteers from Texas Woman’s University in Denton
will stress the importance of education in high school and beyond
during a visit Tuesday, Oct. 10, with eighth-graders at John
B. Hood Middle School in Dallas.
The visit is in
partnership with the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce, the
Dallas Independent School District and the Texas Scholars
Program, an initiative of the Texas Business and Education
Coalition (TBEC).
Dr. Barbara Lerner,
coordinator for P-16 Initiatives at TWU, said the Texas Scholars
Program is designed to help students become successful in
college or career planning. The team of TWU volunteers will
talk with students about the current and future job market;
show them that a college education can increase their earning
potential; and provide a guideline for success, defining what
students need to do in high school to prepare for success
in college and the workforce.
“The need
to prepare students for college success must begin before
they arrive in high school,” Dr. Lerner said. She pointed
to a study that estimates that only 32 percent of students
who enter the ninth grade and graduate four years later have
completed the coursework necessary to succeed in a four-year
college. In Texas, more than 60 percent of high school graduates
who attend college require some type of developmental or remedial
coursework, and less than half the students who enter a public
university will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in
six years.
“TWU is committed
to working with our community to develop an integrated P-16
system of education, stretching from preschool through a four-year
college degree,” Dr. Lerner said. “We are pleased
to partner again this year with the Greater Dallas Chamber
and the Dallas Independent School District in this very important
program.”
For more information
on TWU’s P-16 Initiatives, visit www.twu.edu/p16/
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