ABSTRACT
High schools and colleges are fi nanced, managed, and regulated by separate systems and agencies. This arrangement has resulted in ineffi ciencies and inequities as students move between the two sets of institutions-reducing retention and completion in college and creating inequities in enrollment and college completion patterns. As college enrollments have grown (Kane, 2004) and the economic value of college degrees has risen over the last two decades (Grubb, 2002; Kane & Rouse, 1995; Levy & Murnane, 1992; Marcotte, Bailey, & Kienzl, 2005),1 policy makers and educators have sought to improve the alignment between high school and college and thus to facilitate the process by which students move between the two sets of institutions. This chapter reviews three strategies designed to promote these goals.
