"Why do some students move more smoothly from high school to college than do others? Much of the research focuses on issues of school resources and the differing quality of academic offerings, drawing attention to the advantages of students who attend wealthier high schools," Inside Higher Ed reports. "A new study published in the journal Sociology of Education points to a related, but less studied factor: the philosophy of high schools with regard to college advising. The study identifies three general styles of offices and notes the positive impact of the more ambitious approach - but also finds that this disappears when it comes to students whose choices are community college or not going to college at all."