Organizing Higher Education for Collaboration: A Guide for Campus Leaders (review)
position of high schools attended by GMS recipients (chapter 1). Sylvia Hurtado, Victor Saenz, and Luciana Dar (chapter 9) use data from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) to identify an additional control group. Other researchers should use these as examples for considering ways to build in connections with other data sources in order to reduce the burden and expense of data collection efforts and maximize the utility of the collected data. Several recent reports underscore the need to improve the educational attainment of our nation’s young adults (e.g., SHEEO, 2008). This volume suggests the promise of a program like GMS for promoting the postsecondary academic success of one important but underserved segment of this population: low-income, high-achieving students of color. Policymakers, campus administrators, and educational researchers alike will benefit from this volume’s perspectives and insights.