Tamiko JordanStudentsPerspectives: Exposure, High Expectations and Academic Rigor are Critical for Achieving College SuccessMany Black students, high school valedictorians included, are entering college completely ill-equipped academically and with the false perception that college is a form of “advanced high school.” The problems in education are twofold: the failure to graduate and the failure to graduate students prepared for success in college. The Center for Leadership Development provides a model that helps youth see that college success is truly an option.November 7, 2007Page 1 of 1