Each publication is available for $15 per copy, with the exception of the "Gathering Momentum" report. Orders of 10 to 24 copies are $12 per copy, and orders of 25 copies or more are $9 per copy. Prepaid orders are not charged for postage and handling. Billed orders are charged $2.00 for the first publication, and $1.00 for each additional publication ordered, up to a total of $5.00 for postage and handling. To order publications from this series, please e-mail, fax, or mail your request to IEL.

Reports Published in this Series:

• Gathering Momentum, (April 2002). Building the Learning Connection Between Schools and Colleges - Proceedings of The Learning Connection Conference (copies available for free).
  
  
• Overcoming the High School Senior Slump: New Education Policies, by Michael W. Kirst (May 2001).
  Policymakers and education leaders, in their efforts to improve public schools, have overlooked a key educational resource: the senior year of high school. Many high school seniors-at a critical point in their intellectual development-view their final months prior to graduation as an opportunity to take less demanding courses and enjoy nonacademic pursuits. This report examines the causes and consequences of high school "senior slump"-both for K-12 and higher education. The author also offers practical and specific recommendations for helping high schools reclaim the academic rigor of the senior year.
  
  
• All One System: A Second Look, by Harold L. Hodgkinson (June 1999)
  Like the author's 1985 seminal work, All One System, this update argues that there is a single system of education underlying all the segments, yet the lack of effective linkages--from pre-K to the university--threatens to undermine educational success at every level. This report clarifies recent trends, current impasses, and areas of immediate priority regarding the long-neglected relationships between higher education and the public schools.
  
  
• Higher Education and the Schools by P. Michael Timpane (December 1999)
  This report, in reviewing the status of K-12 school reform, explores the implications of critical school reform issues for the future of higher education. The author proposes that higher education must forge dynamic partnerships with K-12 schools aimed at increasing student achievement levels and ensuring student access and success in postsecondary education.
  
  
• Doing Comparatively Well: Why the Public Loves Higher Education and Criticizes K-12 by John Immerwahr (October 1999)
  This is one of the first reports ever to compare public attitudes about K-12 and higher education. John Immerwahr, author of the report and a national expert in public views of education, finds that higher education still enjoys strong support from the general public while K-12 schools suffer continuing criticism. Immerwahr also identifies trends, however, that suggest that higher education's "honeymoon" with the public may be waning. "There are signs of erosion of higher education's relatively strong position," he writes. Doing Comparatively Well explores public attitudes about K-12 and higher education in terms of: what people know about the systems; the perceived quality of the systems; who is responsibility for student success; who pays for the systems; safety, discipline and teaching the basics; access to the systems; and consumer choice. The report is based on a wide range of public opinion surveys and focus groups conducted by Public Agenda during the past five years.