{"product_id":"ready-willing-and-able-a-developmental-approach-to-college-access-and-success-9781612501321","title":"Ready, Willing, and Able: A Developmental Approach to College Access and Success","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow can an understanding of adolescent development inform strategies and practices for supporting first-generation college goers?\u003c\/b\u003e In \u003ci\u003eReady, Willing, and Able\u003c\/i\u003e, Mandy Savitz-Romer and Suzanne Bouffard focus on the developmental tasks and competencies that young people need to develop in order to plan for and succeed in higher education. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These include identity development, articulating aspirations and expectations, forming and maintaining strong peer and adult relationships, motivation and goal-setting, and self-regulatory skills, such as planning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The authors challenge the predominant approach of giving young people information and leaving it to them to figure out how to apply it. They show how well-intended college-access efforts can miss the mark--for instance, by focusing on students who already see themselves as college material, rather than working to help all students develop a \"college-going identity.\" In addition, most college-access programs and practices focus almost exclusively on providing academic preparation and financial support. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eReady, Willing, and Able\u003c\/i\u003e, Savitz-Romer and Bouffard call for a new approach: one that emphasizes the key developmental tasks and processes of adolescence and integrates them into existing college-access practices in meaningful ways. Rather than treating young people as passive recipients of services, they argue, adults can engage them as active agents in the construction of their own futures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mandy Savitz-Romer, Suzanne M. Bouffard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard Education PR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781612501321","brand":"Harvard Education PR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44002733064329,"sku":"9781612501321","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_30f35c10-6e0c-4036-9e0e-51c5fd7bd09d.jpg?v=1747718866","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/ready-willing-and-able-a-developmental-approach-to-college-access-and-success-9781612501321","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}