TY - BOOK AU - Savitz-Romer,Mandy AU - Bouffard,Suzanne M. TI - Ready, willing, and able: a developmental approach to college access and success SN - 161250132X AV - LB1620.5 .S27 2012 U1 - 373.1420973 22 PY - 2012///] CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - Harvard Education Press KW - First-generation college students KW - United States KW - Counseling in secondary education KW - Universities and colleges KW - Admission N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Redefining college readiness -- Part 1: Changing the conversation. Chapter 1. More youth, more ready: a developmental understanding of gaps in educational equity -- Chapter 2. Becoming developmentally aware: applying developmental theory to college preparation and planning. Part 2: Changing the approach. Chapter 3. Envisioning: forming an identity that includes college-going -- Chapter 4. Believing: seeing college as possible and probable -- Chapter 5. Aiming: setting goals that set up success -- Chapter 6. Organizing: realizing college dreams through self-regulation -- Chapter 7. Connecting: marshaling the support of peers and families -- Conclusion. Essential principles for incorporating adolescent development N2 - The authors "focus on the developmental tasks and competencies that young people need to master in order to plan for and succeed in higher education. 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."--Back cover ER -