Urban High School Students and the Challenge of Access Many Routes, Difficult Paths

The Editors: William G. Tierney is University Professor and Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education at the University of Southern California, where he is also Director of the Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis. He earned an M.Ed. in education from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in administration and policy analysis from Stanford University. In addition to numerous articles, he is the author of several books, including: Trust and the Public Good: Examining the Cultural Conditions of Academic Work (2006); Competing Conceptions of Academic Governance: Negotiating the Perfect Storm (2004); and Preparing for College: Nine Elements of Effective Outreach (2005, coedited with Zoë B. Corwin and Julia E. Colyar). Julia E. Colyar is Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. She received her M.A. in English from the University of Toronto and her Ph.D. in higher education from the University of Southern California.