User talk:Mehayla/sandbox

Feel free to talk and critique me! It'll help me do better and it's not personal.

Leila's Review
Hey Mehayla! I like your article choices and it looks like you have a really good start for your articles.

Sector: College Admissions
I see that you linked the "University and college admissions" article, which is global, but I also saw that there is a "College admissions in the U.S." article. Which one are you planning on working on? Because the global one has very minimal information and does not take a deep or critical approach to the system, but that may be related to the fact that there is an incredibly long article within the US-specific one. However, I think that article also has many things that you can improve upon, especially with your equality and justice-oriented analysis of the information.

Gaps of marginalized youth
You mention that you want to add information about the inequalities for marginalized youth within the college admissions system. Reading through that article, some things definitely jumped out at me as needing a fresh perspective.

Interviews
I think that the article could really benefit from an analysis of the class and race inequalities inherent in the college admissions system. Some especially myopic parts include the section on application interviews: "Interviewees should be ready for sometimes provocative questions to test social sensitivity; if an interviewer asks a "baiting or leading question", an applicant should respond by laughing while politely disagreeing with the perspective, and to keep trying to enjoy the conversation with the interviewer.[187] Applicants should avoid sounding snide, annoyed, contemptuous, and avoid describing oneself as humiliated, bored, depressed, angry, shy, inhibited, anxious, frightened, and frustrated,[189] and should be upbeat but avoid going for the hard sell.[189] Another report suggested that shy or timid applicants were at a disadvantage.[190] Another advisor suggested that a student try to find a common bond with the interviewer, and send a brief follow-up letter afterwards.[22]" It might be helpful here to find some research about biases, microaggressions, and other forms of discrimination against marginalized students. This stands out to me as a test of respect or subservience to power as opposed to a honest evaluation of a student's preparedness for college - but maybe you could find some articles or research on what similar discriminatory processes exist, and the way that processes such as these may deter students from applying or attending.

Do college admissions counselors discriminate? Evidence from a correspondence-based field experiment
http://eds.a.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=45c3c8f7-a359-4673-a56f-a1c67f65c324%40sessionmgr4006&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=S0272775716304526&db=edselp This article evaluates the metrics by which college counselors discriminate based on race, gender, or ethnicity, which may help to problematize this whole article. The article posits college admissions as a generally neutral process based almost entirely on test scores, admissions cycles, and statistics. This sort of information could help in many sections of the article to better inform people on how college admissions is a biased and unequal process.

Race and ethnicity
Another part of the article that really stood out to me was the section on race and ethnicity. It mentions statistics and biases about affirmative action and the ways that schools may favor students of color for publicity purposes but discriminate against Asian students. However, this section completely ignores the way in which the admissions process itself (testing, resources, application fees, help from adults, transport to schools and education about the process) is biased in regards to the race and socioeconomic status of students. It seems that this is a direction you may dive deeper into - I think your Department of Education source would be good for general statistics about this, but then you could flesh it out with analytical journal papers or studies. For example, that website can give you the statistics (the what) and then you can use further research in order to explain what those numbers mean (the why). One source that might help you with the analytical part is this:

Addressing racial inequalities in higher education: equity, inclusion and social justice.
http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.berkeley.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=1&sid=b953840a-957b-45f3-9b7e-e48fa90b31fe%40sessionmgr4008&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=124723898&db=hia This article discusses "how inequalities in access to elite universities continue to exist for those from black and minority ethnic backgrounds..." and how "gaining a place at an elite university is related to access to social and cultural capital." This perspective would help balance the instructive nature of the Wiki article (Wikipedia even says, "This article is written like a manual or guidebook. Please help rewrite this article from a descriptive, neutral point of view, and remove advice or instruction.") and lead to greater understanding of college admissions as a system of power and privilege as opposed to a simple checklist or "wikihow" manual.

Other articles
EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF UNIVERSITY ADMISSION PROCESSES AS A PANACEA FOR INEQUALITY ACCESS TO CANDIDATES. http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.berkeley.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=2&sid=b953840a-957b-45f3-9b7e-e48fa90b31fe%40sessionmgr4008&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=93458484&db=eue

Chapter 3. Racial Inequality and Race-Conscious Affirmative Action in College Admissions: A Historical Perspective on Contemporary Prospects and Future Possibilities http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.berkeley.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=3&sid=b953840a-957b-45f3-9b7e-e48fa90b31fe%40sessionmgr4008&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=edspmu.MUSE9781610448178.10&db=edspmu

Counselors, Information, and High School College-Going Culture: Inequalities in the College Application Process http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.berkeley.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=4&sid=b953840a-957b-45f3-9b7e-e48fa90b31fe%40sessionmgr4008&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=118509699&db=eue

Inequality, Student Achievement, and College Admissions: A Remedy for Underrepresentation http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.berkeley.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=5&sid=b953840a-957b-45f3-9b7e-e48fa90b31fe%40sessionmgr4008&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=edssch.qt9bh075r1&db=edssch

Area: College Preparatory Center
I see your criticisms of this article, because it is very specifically oriented towards a single organization in Saudi Arabia. However, it seems that because it is so specific, it might not be that helpful to readers to simply split this article into "Saudi Arabia" and "United States" if that is the sort of information you were looking to add. If you wanted to create some sort of global analysis of college prep centers that could be helpful, otherwise it may be better to add your information to a broader and more general article that more readers might find themselves drawn to. Another option would be to create some sort of disambiguation page, and file the current article into a specific Saudi Arabian section, converting the College Prep page into a more general article that many people can (hopefully) add to in the future.

Sector: Youth Exclusion
I think that this would be a great place to add a U.S.-specific article! Clearly the page has a lot of potential but some very specific information that cannot be broadly applied. Adding a United States section would allow for some comparison with other countries as well as a broader perspective for your own PE and your research about college admissions. Your sources about youth disconnection seem very fruitful, but I would encourage pairing the data from surveys such as "Ranking Youth Disconnection in the 25 Largest Metro Areas" with analytical papers in order for readers to make sense of the information.

Moving beyond exclusion : focusing on the needs of Asian/Pacific Islander youth in San Francisco.
http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.berkeley.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=7&sid=b953840a-957b-45f3-9b7e-e48fa90b31fe%40sessionmgr4008&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=ucb.b20856223&db=cat04202a I think that sources such as these could be very useful for you - although it seems specific, I would assume that the YMCA ends up serving different cultural and ethnic populations based on where they are located. Within that context, just researching the YMCA in Berkeley or in Marin County may give information that doesn't apply to youth in other areas. Looking at a range of focused studies could help broaden the lens, and then you can use more general analyses to draw connections across difference.

Remedies for Youth Exclusion
This section of the article could greatly benefit from contributions, especially from the lens which you have proposed. The research in these "remedies" is very vague and does not differentiate for geographic or racial differences among youth populations - such as institutionalized racism, housing patterns in neighborhoods, the effects of family units and law enforcement, etc. Your articles about Marin and about America's cities could provide specific ideas and make this section more applicable to the world that we live in.

This looks like a great start! Good luck!

Peer Edit: Katchyaa
Hey Mehayla!

It doesn't look like you have much up currently about the articles you want to edit, so I'll give peer editing my best shot :)

Secondary Education in the United States
Off the bat, there are a few sentences that need citations. It may be a good idea to start with those, research a bit to see if you can support or oppose what's being said. The section about curriculum doesn't seem to have any citations at all.

Your suggested edits:
How strange that the article doesn't talk about public education at all. I think that adding this section poses an opportunity for more than just representation of normal public schools. It can be a kick off point for the article consolidation that you were talking about! You should check with Khalid about how much you would need to write in the circumstance where you are mostly linking articles.

Other possible edits:
I'm not quite sure what your PE is, but my guess would be that it involves helping high school kids get into college. In that case, it may be helpful to add sections about how the quality of secondary education is measured.

To build off of that, you could talk about where in the country quality schools exist. If you wanted to go even further, you could bring in some edits you were thinking about for the redlining and youth exclusion pages, commenting on the causes of high or low quality in a high school. Some questions worth answering regarding these topics are: It is possible that this discussion occurs in another one of the articles that you were thinking about linking/consolidating. In this case, I'd figure out a way to make the discussion appear on this page also without being redundant.
 * What types of measures (tests) are there currently to judge what a good or bad school is?
 * How are specific schools ranked? Are there any patterns by region of the country, socio-economic status of the county, race, type of area (i.e. urban v suburban)?
 * What does research suspect the causes of these patterns may be?
 * [if time, space, and final structure of the article permits]: what do these things, in culmination, mean for students seeking higher education?

Maybe it's just being at a school of higher education, but I feel like college isn't mentioned a ton in this article. That's just a gut reaction.

The "compulsory" bit at the end feels like it's in the wrong place. I'd suggest integrating it with the history part in the beginning.

The history section could use some dividing up: maybe "creation", "desegregation", "standardization" or "National curriculum"... something like that. Once that's done, you can add information about certain laws or movements that specifically help poorer kids go to college or something (if that feels relevant).

Potentially Useful sources:
This is an article about segregation in high schools leading to lack of access to opportunity: http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.berkeley.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=4&sid=6682da76-c544-4955-952f-b93d1c256a4c%40sessionmgr101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=121143088&db=mth

This article is called "Long Term health Implications of school quality": http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.berkeley.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=5&sid=6682da76-c544-4955-952f-b93d1c256a4c%40sessionmgr101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=S0277953616301769&db=edselp

This is an article about high school quality leading to certain college performance: http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.berkeley.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=6&sid=6682da76-c544-4955-952f-b93d1c256a4c%40sessionmgr101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=S0272775715000217&db=edselp

This is an article about schools that close opportunity gaps: http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.berkeley.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=9&sid=6682da76-c544-4955-952f-b93d1c256a4c%40sessionmgr101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=125002516&db=f5h

This is an article about the quality of high school instruction: http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.berkeley.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=10&sid=6682da76-c544-4955-952f-b93d1c256a4c%40sessionmgr101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=102817268&db=f5h

This is about a program specifically in Delaware about creating opportunity, but it could be good to look at: http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.berkeley.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=11&sid=6682da76-c544-4955-952f-b93d1c256a4c%40sessionmgr101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=125856159&db=f5h

This article is called "high school to college transition" : http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.berkeley.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=13&sid=6682da76-c544-4955-952f-b93d1c256a4c%40sessionmgr101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=120783492&db=f5h

This article is called "What real high performance looks like": http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.berkeley.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=14&sid=6682da76-c544-4955-952f-b93d1c256a4c%40sessionmgr101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=122157091&db=f5h

This is about the design of school quality models: http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.berkeley.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=16&sid=6682da76-c544-4955-952f-b93d1c256a4c%40sessionmgr101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=120591607&db=f5h

College Admissions
Since you're not signed up for a page on wikipedia yet, I might suggest that you switch your article to "College Admissions in the United States." It would still be helpful to edit the general college admissions page under the United States section (I agree with you that it is missing citations for too many claims). I see that you have already edited it, taking out more biased claims! :)

Other Possible Edits:
The UK section has a sub section called "Factors affecting admission." They take it on as a more technical explanation (did not have enough extra curriculars, did not pass the interview). However, I think it can be an opportunity for you to talk about maybe more social things, like how people from certain backgrounds or areas of the country disproportionately get into better colleges.

In fact, you could talk about the college ranking system if you feel like that's relevant.

Ultimately, I still think that this page is too general to include a lot of information about specific communities' or social groups' barriers to college. Again, I suggest switching to the College Admissions in the United States page.

Potentially Useful Sources:
This is an article about perceptions of racial bias in the college admissions process: http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.berkeley.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=19&sid=6682da76-c544-4955-952f-b93d1c256a4c%40sessionmgr101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=126414977&db=bth

There is a "Journal of college admissions": http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.berkeley.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=20&sid=6682da76-c544-4955-952f-b93d1c256a4c%40sessionmgr101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=ucb.b12935762&db=cat04202a

I'm not exactly sure what a "Percent plan" is, but this article is about that: http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.berkeley.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=21&sid=6682da76-c544-4955-952f-b93d1c256a4c%40sessionmgr101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=ucb.b11752497&db=cat04202a

This is more generally about college admissions processes: http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.berkeley.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=22&sid=6682da76-c544-4955-952f-b93d1c256a4c%40sessionmgr101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=ucb.b18559001&db=cat04202a

This is an article about strategies for fair admissions processes: http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.berkeley.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=23&sid=6682da76-c544-4955-952f-b93d1c256a4c%40sessionmgr101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=126530649&db=eue

I think you're off to a great start :) Katchyaa (talk) 03:50, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Peer Review: Saaleha
Hi Mehayla, taking the information from your sandbox and to the best of my abilities have worked to provide you a review that I hope can help you towards completing your work. - Saaleha

Area: Education in the Bay & United States

 * Review of your article evaluation:(I looked at the articles mentioned under both education in the Bay and Education in the United States)
 * San Francisco Bay Area
 * The critiques you have made on the page are well observed and valid. The page itself does mention a lot of statistics and that definitely brings to question where they get these statistics from. Although some of the sources it cites are from credible outlets such as New York Times, etc. I do hear the bias voice you were referring to and I believe that voice comes out in many area specific articles, especially on a topic such as the SF Bay Area.
 * Secondary Education in the United States
 * After looking at the article it is confirmed that public education does not have its own section which is really surprising considering it is not only a government funded form of secondary education but also a form of education created to help secondary & higher education be more accessible to everyone.
 * Redlining
 * I think redlining is an important area to explore when looking at publicly funded education. However, depending on what the focus of your practice experience is I am unsure on how studying redlining will serve to prepare you for your experience.
 * Youth Exclusion
 * I see the relevance of youth exclusion to your practice experience area being education. Given that there are many factors that play into the type of education that a student gets whether that be the location they go to school in, the amount of money their school district has, the race or ethnicity of the student, the access the student has to outside resources and supporting programs such as college prep, etc. And when a student does not have access to these resources or is excluded from these opportunities due to any factor in their life then I definitely believe that is something that would be interesting to further research. Especially in the Bay Area where there is so much opportunity in one area or the country, but looking at who actually has access to these opportunities and who is being excluded, if at all.
 * Review your planned edits:
 * San Francisco Bay Area
 * I believe with the observations you have made about there not necessarily being a direction that this section of the article is going besides stating that which districts and schools are "best". In addition to updating the sources that the section is using this can be seen as an opportunity for you to frame the section in a way that you feel is more productive or a better use of the section. You can use the talk page to potentially guide you in that direction.
 * Secondary Education in the United States
 * I think the best way to address the issue you identified in your article evaluation is to add a section on public education and links to the page leading tom more in depth information regarding public education in varying capacities. I think this is a good contribution choice and necessary especially in a page discussing secondary education in the United States. All forms of education should be included.
 * Redlining
 * Depending on the focus of your practice experience instead of contributing to the larger "redlining" wiki article you can find a way to address the topic of redlining within other articles on education such as the article of SF Bay Area and how it affects public education in that community and then link to the larger "redlining" wiki article.
 * Youth Exclusion
 * It is surprising that there is no section in this article that addresses the United States, so I think your contribution of adding a United States portion is a great idea. They do not address the causes of youth exclusion, however they do have a roots section, how do the roots of youth exclusion differ from cause - and if they are different ensure through the talk page and content whether or not either section would be communicating duplicate information. I think it is a good idea to link to social exclusions page leading with a premise that explains the connection between youth and social exclusion.
 * Redlining
 * Depending on the focus of your practice experience instead of contributing to the larger "redlining" wiki article you can find a way to address the topic of redlining within other articles on education such as the article of SF Bay Area and how it affects public education in that community and then link to the larger "redlining" wiki article.
 * Youth Exclusion
 * It is surprising that there is no section in this article that addresses the United States, so I think your contribution of adding a United States portion is a great idea. They do not address the causes of youth exclusion, however they do have a roots section, how do the roots of youth exclusion differ from cause - and if they are different ensure through the talk page and content whether or not either section would be communicating duplicate information. I think it is a good idea to link to social exclusions page leading with a premise that explains the connection between youth and social exclusion.
 * It is surprising that there is no section in this article that addresses the United States, so I think your contribution of adding a United States portion is a great idea. They do not address the causes of youth exclusion, however they do have a roots section, how do the roots of youth exclusion differ from cause - and if they are different ensure through the talk page and content whether or not either section would be communicating duplicate information. I think it is a good idea to link to social exclusions page leading with a premise that explains the connection between youth and social exclusion.


 * Other page edits to consider:
 * Instead of contributing to the larger "redlining" wiki article you can find a way to address the topic of redlining within other articles on education such as the article of SF Bay Area and how it affects public education in that community and then link to the larger "redlining" wiki article.
 * Potentially expand on the causes of youth exclusion beyond poverty. You can look into discrimination, institutional racism, etc. You can draw on not only your research but looking from the frame of your practice experience, look into what void or cause of youth exclusion are they addressing, if at all. This is all dependent of what you find in your research or what is relevant to you in preparation for your practice experience.
 * I noticed on the social exclusion page that there is no portion speaking on youth exclusion or how it is connected to social exclusion, so if you can possibly linking both pages together from both ways and provide an explanation of why they are relevant to one another.
 * Other sources to potentially look into:
 * The impact of the California civil rights initiative (CCRI) on university and professional school admissions and the implications for the California Economy - This was a study done on one hundred secondary students, 50 African American and 60 white, and the various relationships and circumstance that may impact their career trajectory such as mother and father education level, etc. I thought this could potentially have interesting information to explore especially when considering contributions for the wiki page Secondary education in the United states.
 * California Department of Education Database - This database provides information regarding a lot of the statistics on state, city and county demographics. This could be helpful as you do further research on more credible sources especially for the wiki article on education in the SF Bay Area. If you choose to contribute to that one.
 * Access to and opportunity in postsecondary education in the United States: A review - This article discusses the change of access to higher education since the 1960s and the "rise of women, older, and part-time college students have increased dramatically since 1960". I thought these were important groups to consider when looking at the college admission process and narratives that can be mentioned in the contribution on the Secondary Education in the United States wiki page.
 * Access to and opportunity in postsecondary education in the United States: A review - This article discusses the change of access to higher education since the 1960s and the "rise of women, older, and part-time college students have increased dramatically since 1960". I thought these were important groups to consider when looking at the college admission process and narratives that can be mentioned in the contribution on the Secondary Education in the United States wiki page.

Sector: Gaps of Marginalized Youth

 * Review of your article evaluation:
 * College Admissions
 * Depending on the age group you are preparing to work with this summer, this sector may or may not be relevant to you in preparation for your practice experience, but assuming this is an area you are pursuing. There are many gaps whether that be racial gaps, gender, gaps, ethnic gaps, socio-economic gaps that may marginalize someone from or give someone a disadvantage in the college admission process. Thus making this a key area to research and examine, especially if you are working with a marginalized community. Not only does it bring to question of how do you identify marginalization in the college admission process, but also how do you address it.
 * College Preparatory Programs
 * Since I am unsure of the age group of students you will be working with in your practice experience over the summer however from an education perspective I think it is important to look at marginalized youth in the scope of not only the college admissions process but also the preparatory programs that students are meant to participate in to learn more about the process itself. The students who have the ability to participate in these types of programs as well as have access to these programs vary across states, communities and cities and is worth exploring if it fits your areas of interest and you have research to support this argument.
 * Review your planned edits:
 * College Admissions
 * Defiantly agree that there are little to no citations in this section of the article for the United States. So if you choose this article and cite whatever relevant research you have done regarding college admissions in the United Staes that would be a great contribution to this article. Additionally, one way to organize I could see creating sections within the United States section such as: public school process(CSU, UC, other states), private school process, community college, parents role, etc. Additionally you can add a link to the College admissions in the United States article and on this page just put a short summary of what is explained in a lot of depth in the provided wiki article that is completely dedicated to the topic. One bias I do see are the very focused on the process of entering a 4 year institution and do not mention vocational programs of community college 2 year programs and transfer students.
 * College Preparatory Programs
 * Since this page was part of a WikiProjejct Saudi Arabi specifically through checking the talk pages were you able to identify whether or not the page in lenient with introducing content not specifically geared towards the topic or area of Saudi Araabi. It so then by all means add the changes you have identified to the page, and I would even say to add a section for the united states. If not, then something you can consider, even though it is a daunting task, is to create a new wiki article on the topic of College prep programs and then add a summary of what they, a history and a section called united states, you can even link to the College Preparatory Center article in the new article you create. However in recognizing that creating a new page is a lot of work, I believe as long as you check the talk page and ensure that adding a generic summarization summary wont be too off topic, then adding general information on college prep programs is great. Also consider renaming the page to College Preparatory "Programs" for clarification purposes.
 * College Preparatory Programs
 * Since this page was part of a WikiProjejct Saudi Arabi specifically through checking the talk pages were you able to identify whether or not the page in lenient with introducing content not specifically geared towards the topic or area of Saudi Araabi. It so then by all means add the changes you have identified to the page, and I would even say to add a section for the united states. If not, then something you can consider, even though it is a daunting task, is to create a new wiki article on the topic of College prep programs and then add a summary of what they, a history and a section called united states, you can even link to the College Preparatory Center article in the new article you create. However in recognizing that creating a new page is a lot of work, I believe as long as you check the talk page and ensure that adding a generic summarization summary wont be too off topic, then adding general information on college prep programs is great. Also consider renaming the page to College Preparatory "Programs" for clarification purposes.
 * Since this page was part of a WikiProjejct Saudi Arabi specifically through checking the talk pages were you able to identify whether or not the page in lenient with introducing content not specifically geared towards the topic or area of Saudi Araabi. It so then by all means add the changes you have identified to the page, and I would even say to add a section for the united states. If not, then something you can consider, even though it is a daunting task, is to create a new wiki article on the topic of College prep programs and then add a summary of what they, a history and a section called united states, you can even link to the College Preparatory Center article in the new article you create. However in recognizing that creating a new page is a lot of work, I believe as long as you check the talk page and ensure that adding a generic summarization summary wont be too off topic, then adding general information on college prep programs is great. Also consider renaming the page to College Preparatory "Programs" for clarification purposes.


 * Other page edits to consider:
 * You can organize the United States portion of the college admission article by creating sections within the United States section such as: public school process(CSU, UC, other states), private school process, community college, parents role, etc. Additionally you can add a link to the College admissions in the United States article and on this page just put a short summary of what is explained in a lot of depth in the provided wiki article that is completely dedicated to the topic.
 * You can also add a section to this portion about the challenges, support programs, and debates in the US college admissions process such as affirmative action, college prep programs, and racial gaps in the admission process. As well as the transfer student process.
 * Other sources to potentially look into:
 * STUDENTS AT THE MARGINS: SEARCHING FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM IN HIGHER EDUCATION - This article brings the perspective of students currently in college and the marginalization that experience in the institution. However, in looking at this you can work backwards and see if any of the observations or sentiments mentioned from students in college are also felt by students in the age group you are working with and see where it stems from.
 * Assessing the Factors Associated with the Possession of an Academic Ethic in College - This article explore the development of academic ethic in high school versus college and how participation in college prep programs in high school can contribute to the development of an academic ethic in college which is known to result in a higher success in college. I thought this would be a potential insight to bring into the college prep wiki article contribution.
 * The Case for Dreaming Big - This article focuses on the idea that the idea, college for all, pushes students away from the prospect of considering vocational tracks without pushing these same students into the college or secondary education tract. Thus resulting in a "net result of the college-for-all ethos is a decline in high school student effort" I thought this was an interesting idea to consider when analyzing the gaps of marginalization in college admission or college prep programs.
 * Secondary vocational education and the transition from school to work - This article looks at the idea that, "Vocational education reduces the likelihood of students attending college, as well as the risk of being unemployed". So in my recommendation of looking at vocational programs this article gives an interesting take on that perspective.
 * Secondary vocational education and the transition from school to work - This article looks at the idea that, "Vocational education reduces the likelihood of students attending college, as well as the risk of being unemployed". So in my recommendation of looking at vocational programs this article gives an interesting take on that perspective.