The author argues that the role of a public intellectual involves a science of knowing as well as the knowledge gained by a researcher’s work and life. Including both, the intellectual moves beyond educational organizations and finds ways to become more involved not only with larger issues of public policy but also with those with whom he or she is engaged. The assumption here is that to help reduce poverty a researcher’s focus needs to move beyond the ivory tower. By way of examples drawn from research pertaining to increasing access to college, the article highlights cognitive and noncognitive factors necessary for academic success.
Achieve Inc. (2009). Closing the expectations gap: Fourth annual 50-state progress report on the alignment of high school policies with the demands of college and careers. Washington, DC: Author.
2.
ACT. (2008a). COMPASS guide to successful high school outreach: Setting the right course for college success. Iowa City, IA: ACT, Inc.
3.
ACT. (2008b). The forgotten middle: Ensuring that all students are on target for college and career readiness before high school. Iowa City, IA: ACT, Inc.
4.
ACT. (2009a). Readiness and success: Statewide implementation of EXPLORE and PLAN. Iowa City, IA: ACT, Inc.
5.
ACT. (2009b). Statewide administration of the ACT: A key component in improving student access to college and work. Iowa City, IA: ACT, Inc.
6.
AdelmanC. (2006). The toolbox revisited: Paths to degree completion from high school through college. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education.
7.
AllensworthE.NomiT.MontgomeryN.LeeV. E. (2008). College preparatory curriculum for all: Consequences of ninth-grade course taking in algebra and English on academic outcomes in Chicago. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago, Consortium on Chicago School Research.
AudS.Wilkinson-FlickerS.KristapovichP.RathbunA.WangX.ZhangJ. (2013). The condition of education 2013 (NCES 2013-037). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences.
10.
BerginD. A.CooksH. C.BerginC. C. (2007). Effects of a college access program for youth underrepresented in higher education: A randomized experiment. Research in Higher Education, 48, 727–750.
11.
BishawA. (2012). Poverty: 2010 and 2011 [American Community Survey Briefs]. Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau.
12.
BohnS.GrattetR.HanakE.HayesJ.HillL.JohnsonH. . . . WestonM. (2013). California 2025: Planning for a better future. San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California.
13.
CalhounC. (1998). The public good as a social and cultural project. In PowellW. W.ClemensE. S. (Eds.), Private action and the public good (pp. 20–35). New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
CarnevaleA. P.JayasunderaT.CheahB. (2012). The college advantage: Weathering the economic storm. Washington, DC: Georgetown Center for Workforce and Economy.
16.
CastlemanB. L.PageL. C. (2013). Summer nudging: Can personalized text messages and peer mentor outreach increase college going among low-income high school graduates? (Working paper). Cambridge, MA: Center for Education Policy Research.
17.
CaveG.QuintJ. (1990). Career beginnings impact evaluation: Findings from a program for disadvantaged high school students. New York, NY: Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation.
18.
ColeM. (2010, May). What’s culture got to do with it? Educational research as a necessarily interdisciplinary enterprise. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.
ConleyD. T. (2005). College knowledge: What it really takes for students to succeed and what we can do to get them ready. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
21.
ConstantineJ. M.SeftorN. S.Sama MartinE.SilvaT.MyersD. (2006). Study of the effect of the Talent Search program on secondary and postsecondary outcomes in Florida, Indiana, and Texas: Final report from phase II of the national evaluation. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research.
22.
CorwinZ. B.TierneyW. G.SwensenE.BouchardS.FullertonT.RagusaG. (2012). Gaming the system: Fostering college knowledge through play. Los Angeles, CA: Pullias Center for Higher Education.
23.
DynarskiS. M.Scott-ClaytonJ. E. (2007). College grants on a postcard: A proposal for simple and predictable federal student aid (Hamilton Project Discussion Paper No. 2008–01). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.
24.
Economic Mobility Project. (2012). Pursuing the American dream: Economic mobility among generations. Washington, DC: Pew Charitable Trusts, Economic Mobility Project.
25.
GandaraP. (2002). A study of High School Puente: What we have learned about preparing Latino youth for postsecondary education. Educational Policy, 16, 474–495.
GrodskyE.JonesM. T. (2007). Real and imagined barriers to college entry: Perceptions of cost. Social Science Research, 36, 745–766.
28.
HansberryL. (1959). A raisin in the sun. New York, NY: Random House.
29.
HowellJ. S.KurlaenderM.GrodskyE. (2009). Postsecondary preparation and remediation: Examining the effect of the early assessment program at California State University. Davis: University of California–Davis.
30.
HoxbyC. M.AveryC. (2012). The missing “one-offs”: The hidden supply of high-achieving, low income students (NBER Working Paper No. 18586). Boston, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.
31.
JanttiM.BratsbergB.RøedK.RaaumO.NaylorR.ÖsterbackaE.… ErikssonT. (2006). American exceptionalism in a new light: A comparison of intergenerational earnings mobility in the Nordic countries, the United Kingdom and the United States (IZA Discussion Paper No. 1938). Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labor.
32.
KarpM. M.CalcagnoJ. C.HughesK. L.JeongD. W.BaileyT. R. (2007). The postsecondary achievement of participants in dual enrollment: An analysis of student outcomes in two states. St. Paul: University of Minnesota, National Research Center for Career and Technical Education.
33.
KarpM. M.CalcagnoJ. C.HughesK. L.JeongD. W.BaileyT. (2008). Dual enrollment students in Florida and New York City: Postsecondary outcomes (CCRC Brief No. 37). New York, NY: Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University.
34.
KezarA. (2004). Obtaining integrity? Reviewing and examining the charter between higher education and society. Review of Higher Education, 27, 429–459.
35.
LenhartA. (2012). Teens, smartphones & texting. Washington, DC: Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.
36.
LongB. T.BoatmanA. (2013). The role of remediation and developmental courses in access and persistence. In JonesA.PernaL. (Eds.), The state of college access and completion: Improving college success for students from underrepresented groups (pp. 77–95). New York, NY: Routledge Books.
37.
Lumina Foundation. (2012). A stronger nation through higher education. Indianapolis, IN: Author.
38.
National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. (2010). Beyond the rhetoric improving college readiness through coherent state policy. San Jose, CA: Author.
39.
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. (2009). Tertiary level educational attainment for age group 25–64. In OECD factbook 2009. Paris, France: Author. doi:10.1787/20755120-2009-table3
40.
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. (2010a). Tertiary education entry rates. In OECD factbook 2010. Paris, France: Author. doi:10.1787/20755120-2010-table2
41.
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. (2010b). Tertiary education graduation rates. In OECD factbook 2010. Paris, France: Author. doi:10.1787/20755120-2010-table1
42.
ReardonS. F.GrewelE. T.KalogridesD.GreenbergE. (2012). Brown fades: The end of court-ordered school desegregation and the resegregation of American public schools. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 31, 876–904.
43.
RoseM. (2012). Back to school: Why everyone deserves a second chance at education. New York, NY: The New Press.
44.
RumbergerR. W. (2011). Dropping out: Why students drop out of high school and what can be done about it. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
45.
SeftorN. S.MamunA.SchirmA. (2009). The impacts of regular Upward Bound on postsecondary outcomes 7–9 years after scheduled high school graduation. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research.
46.
TierneyW. G. (1993). Self and identity in a postmodern world: A life story. In McLaughlinD.TierneyW. G. (Eds.), Naming silenced lives: Personal narratives and the process of educational change (pp. 119–134). New York, NY: Routledge.
47.
TierneyW. G. (2006). Public trust and the recreation of academic community. In TierneyW. G. (Ed.), Trust and the public good: Examining the cultural conditions of academic work (pp. 173–192). New York, NY: Peter Lang.
48.
TierneyW. G. (in press). Danny’s fight for life: Cultural flexibility and life history method re-examined. Qualitative Inquiry, 20(2).
49.
TierneyW. G.BaileyT.ConstantineJ.FinkelsteinN.Farmer HurdN. (2009). Path to college: What high schools can do (NCEE 2009–4066). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences.
50.
TierneyW. G.ColyarJ. E. (Eds.). (2009). Urban high school students and the challenge of access: Many routes, difficult paths (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Peter Lang.
51.
TierneyW. G.CorwinZ. B.FullertonT.RagusaG. (Eds.). (in press). Postsecondary play: The role of games and social media in higher education. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
52.
TierneyW. G.VenegasK. M.ColyarJ. E.CorwinZ. B.OlivérezP. M. (Eds.). (2004). Creating helping environments for college-going: The CHEPA chec-list for counselors. Los Angeles, CA: Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis.
53.
TocquevilleA. D. (1840). Democracy in America (ReeveF., Trans.). New York, NY: J. & H. G. Langley.
