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Author(s):Choitz, V.
Title:Getting what we pay for: State community college funding strategies that benefit low-income, lower-skilled students
Source:http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/fi...
Date:2010
Organization:Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
Short Description:This policy brief describes strategies state policymakers can use to realign community college financing—including tuition policies—to improve postsecondary access and success for lower-skilled and low-income students and to achieve stronger state economic health.
Annotation:This policy brief describes strategies state policymakers can use to realign community college financing—including tuition policies—to improve postsecondary access and success for lower-skilled and low-income students and to achieve stronger state economic health. To provide a common understanding of the issues, the brief begins with an overview of how community colleges are currently funded. It focuses specifically on state strategies for funding community colleges since they are the type of institution many lower-income students attend.
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Low-Income Students
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Transfer & mobility: A national view of pre-degree student movement in postsecondary institutions
The American freshman: National norms fall 2011
Raising job quality and skills for American workers: Creating more effective education and workforce development systems in the states
Black male student success in higher education: A report from the national black male college achievement study
Assets & opportunity scorecard
On the road to success
Prison vs. Princeton
Sealing the gaps: Supporting low-income, first-generation students at four-year institutions in Texas post-transfer
The impacts of state performance funding systems on higher education institutions: Research literature review and policy implications
Postsecondary education student outcomes vary at for-profit, non-profit, and public schools
MPI updates national and state level estimates of potential DREAM Act beneficiaries
Stopped short: 2.1 Million adults in Florida went to college but didn't finish
The completion arch: Measuring community college student success
Repository of resources for undocumented students
Easing the transition from combat to classroom: Preserving America's investment in higher education for military veterans through institutional assessment
Valuable learning or "spinning their wheels"?: Understanding excess credits earned by community college associate degree completers
Refocusing adult education on career and postsecondary success: An analysis of adult education (Title II) in WIA reauthorization proposals
Taking action for America: A CEO plan for jobs and economic growth: A skilled, prepared workforce
The best of two worlds: Lessons from a community college-community organization collaboration to increase student success
Hard choices ahead: Performance and policy in Texas higher education
Ensuring America's Future - Sector briefs
2011 Survey of differential tuition at public higher education institutions
"They never told me what to expect, so I didn't know what to do": Defining and clarifying the role of a community college student
Challenge the status quo: Academic success among school-age African-American males
A national talent strategy: Ideas for securing US competitiveness and economic growth
Forging new pathways: The impact of the breaking through initiative in michigan
Men of color: A role for policymakers in improving the status of black male students in U.S. higher education
Collegiate remediation: A review of the causes and consequences
Preventing abuse in federal student aid: Community college practices
2012 National survey of school counselors: True north: Charting the course to college and career readiness
Students with disabilities: Better federal coordination could lessen challenges in transition from high school
Housing wealth and higher education: Building a foundation for economic mobility
Measuring nontraditional student success: An imperative for colleges and universities
Is college affordable? In search of a meaningful definition
College rewired: Innovative approaches help higher education connect to productivity
Broadening the benefits of dual enrollment: Reaching underachieving and underrepresented students with career-focused programs
The role of community-based organizations in the college access and success movement
Portable, stackable credentials: A new education model for industry-specific career pathways
Working credentials: Sub-baccalaureate degrees and certificates are paying off for students and their employers
Core principles for transforming remedial education: A joint statement
Despite surging endowments, high-ranking universities and colleges show disappointing results in enrolling low-income students
Student aversion to borrowing: Who borrows and who doesn't
The costs of failure factories in American higher education
Essential elements of engagement: High expectations and high support
Trends in college pricing 2008
Trends in student aid 2008
College credit in high school: Access and success for low-income and minority students
Supporting success: Improving higher education outcomes for students from foster care—A framework for program enhancement: Version 2.0
The Benwood plan: A lesson in comprehensive teacher reform
Strengthening state adult education policies for low-skilled workers
On ramp to college: A state policymaker's guide to dual enrollment
Modeling Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs): Campus practices that work for Latino students
Moving beyond access: College success for low-income, first generation students
Outcomes of high impact practices for underserved students: A review of the literature
Connected by 25: Financing housing supports for youth transitioning out of high school
Using increased funding under the Workforce Investment Act to create multiple pathways to marketable postsecondary credentials and middle-class employment
Center for College Affordability and Productivity
Financial aid in theory and practice
The public realities of private student loans
Community colleges: A route of upward economic mobility
Noncognitive assessment and college success: The case of the Gates Millennium Scholars
The impact of increases in Pell Grant awards on college-going among lower income youth: Results from a natural experiment
Deciding on postsecondary education
Action required: Addressing the nation's lowest performing high schools
The contract for college: A policy proposal to increase college access and affordability
Delta project on postsecondary education costs, productivity, and accountability
Window of opportunity: Targeting federal grant aid to students with the lowest incomes
Colleges and universities expand efforts to improve access and affordability
Cramming: The effects of school accountability on college-bound students
National evaluation of GEAR UP: A summary of the first two years
Education Finance Council
Indiana's adult education and workforce skills performance report: Preparing adults for a brighter future
An overview of post-secondary support programs for former foster youth
Power tools: Designing state community college data and performance measurement systems to increase student success
Transfer access to elite colleges and universities in the United States: Threading the needle of the American dream
Paying for college: A brief look at student financial aid programs
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning
Back to school: Federal student aid policy and adult college enrollment
12 Ways adult students can pay for college
Do Current State Standards and Assessments Reflect College Readiness?: A Case Study
Fact book bulletin: Latest data confirms a college affordability gap for students from middle- and lower-income families
In need of improvement: NCLB & high schools
Policy recommendations for reauthorization of NCLB and HEA
College affordability for students from low and lower-middle income families
State grant aid and it's effects on students' college choices
The global state of higher education and the rise of private finance
Student charges and financial aid: 2006-07
Postsecondary Access and Success
Unmasking the effects of student engagement on college grades and persistence
Standardization vs. flexibility: State policy options on placement testing for developmental education in community colleges
Educational programs and projects that address the needs of low-income students
College access in Indiana and the United States 2007: Improving college access and success for Indiana adults 25 and over
Opening doors: Expanding educational opportunities for low-income workers
Reorienting the HEA reauthorization to reflect what research-based knowledge says about what works
Equal access to postsecondary education? The case of undocumented immigrant students
State data systems and privacy concerns: Strategies for balancing public interests
Preserving access with excellence: Financing for rural community colleges
State financial aid: Policies to enhance articulation and transfer
Unequal opportunity: Disparities in college access among the 50 states
Policy for progress: Reaffirming California higher education accessibility, affordability, and accountability into the 21st century
Who should we help? The negative social consequences of merit aid scholarships
State merit scholarship programs and racial inequality
Hope works: Student use of education tax credits.
A step toward college success: Assessing attainment among Indiana's Twenty-first Century Scholars
USA Funds
Show us the money: Low-income students, families, and financial aid
State higher education finance: FY 2003
Net price to family for dependent and independent undergraduate students by institutional type/control and parental income quartiles, 2004
Missed opportunities revisited: New information on students who do not apply for financial aid
Taxing matters
Cal-SOAP
Profile of undergraduates in U.S. postsecondary education institutions: 2003-04, With a special analysis of community college students
Engaging students, challenging the odds
Opening the door to the American Dream: Increasing higher education access and success for immigrants
A multi-institution analysis of the effects of campus-based financial aid on student persistence at public four-year institutions
Transfer students: Planning your successful college transfer
Returning to our roots: Student access
Federal Pell Grant program of the Higher Education Act: Background and reauthorization
Federal Pell Grants: Implications of increasing the maximum reward
Childcare and early childhood education: More information sharing and program review by HHS could enhance access for families with limited English proficiency
The economic promise of investing in high-quality preschool: Using early education to improve economic growth and the fiscal sustainability of states and the nation
Going to the source: A practical way to simplify the FAFSA
NDSFA: The financial aid partnership
Paying for college: The rising cost of higher education
An exploration of what we know about the formation and impact of perceptions of college prices, student aid, and the affordability of college-going and a prospectus for future research
The art of student retention
California trends in student aid: 1994-95 to 2003-04
Promise abandoned: How policy choices and institutional practices restrict college opportunity
Mortgaging our future: How financial barriers to college undercut America's global competitiveness
Grants for students: What they do, why they work
Sallie Mae: First in my family scholarship
Destination university: A guide to college for students and their families (English Version)
Destination university: A guide to college for students and their families (Spanish Version)
Unintended admission consequences of federal aid for homeschoolers
Engines of inequality: Diminishing equity in the nation's premier public universities
Opening doors: Promoting student success in community college and beyond
American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian education in the states
Indiana project on academic success: Retention Bibliography
The critical role of financial aid for first-time/full-time students enrolling at rural-serving community colleges
More guidance, better results? Three-year effects of an enhanced student services program at two community colleges
Foundations for success: Short-term impacts report
Postsecondary opportunity programs: Defining and improving an educational policy innovation
SREB Factbook on higher education
Easing the middle-class burden: An Examination of the implications of reducing parental contributions to post-secondary study
Inequalities at the outset: Identifying factors that affect parents' perceptions of paying for college
Future to discover: Early implementation report -- Executive summary
The price of knowledge: Access and student finance in Canada -- Third edition
Canada's Tuition and Education Tax Credits
A family affair: The impact of paying for college or university
The Millennium Bursary in British Columbia: Exploring its impact: Summary report (2004)
Assessing Canada’s student aid need assessment policies
Today's GI Bill: Connecting America's veterans to higher education
Steps to success: Analyzing milestone achievement to improve community college student outcomes
Assets and liabilities, educational expectations, and children's college degree attainment
Student loan forgiveness programs: An evolving workforce development tool
Accountability for equitable outcomes in higher education
Interventions to support readiness, recruitment, access, transition, and retention for postsecondary education success: An equity of opportunity policy and practice analysis
Race to the Top: Accelerating college and career readiness in states: Low-performing schools
Top gainers: Some public four-year colleges and universities make big improvements in minority graduation rates
Special populations: Tips for completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Rising to the challenge: Hispanic college graduation rates as a national priority
Building a campus support network for students emerging from foster care
Promising practices: What works in the Midwest: New approaches to improving college access, persistence, and success: Three exemplary postsecondary opportunity programs
Maintenance of effort: An evolving federal-state policy approach to ensuring college affordability
Advancing by degrees: A framework for increasing college completion
Turning community college drop-outs into graduates
Effectiveness of fully online courses for college students: Response to a department of education meta-analysis
Expanding access and opportunity: The Washington State Achievers Program
Pathway to the baccalaureate: How one community college is helping underprepared students succeed
YourWordsToday.org
Developmental Education Initiative: State policy framework and strategy
Helping former foster youth graduate from college: Campus support programs in California and Washington state
Distinct subgroups of former foster youth during young adulthood: Implications for policy and practice
Back on track to college: A Texas school district leverages state policy to put dropouts back on the path to success
For-profit colleges: Undercover testing finds colleges encouraged fraud and engaged in deceptive and questionable marketing practices
Building a learning agenda around disconnected youth
Taking the next step: The promise of intermediate measures for meeting postsecondary completion goals
Mind the gaps: How college readiness narrows achievement gaps in college success
Investing in education and equity: Our nation's best future
Time to act: Closing the racial achievement gap
Services to students with disabilities: A study of workload and costs
Boosting college completion for a new economy
Online and hybrid course enrollment and performance in Washington State Community and Technical Colleges
If only we told our story better...Reenvisioning state-university relations through the lens of public engagement
Top ten higher education policy issues for 2011
College Savings Foundation: 2011 Survey of parents
Making every diploma count: Using extended-year graduation rates to measure student success
Building integrated pathways to sustainable careers: An introduction to the Accelerated Opportunity Initiative
Affirming the goal: Is college and career readiness an internationally competitive standard?
A diversity action blueprint: Policy parameters and model practices for higher education institutions
How students are making it: Perspectives on getting through college from recent graduates of the Boston Public Schools (Full Report)
How students are making it: Perspectives on getting through college from recent graduates of the Boston Public Schools (Short Version)
Closing achievement gaps: Improving educational outcomes for Hispanic children: English language acquisition and middle school preparation: Keys to Latino educational success
The educational experience of young men of color (website)
Missed opportunity: How New York can do a better job of reconnecting youth on public assistance to education and jobs
Trends in community college education: Enrollment, prices, student aid, and debt levels
The midwest challenge: Matching jobs with education in the post-recession economy
Project WIn-Win
Using data to drive change: A guide for college access and success stakeholders
Charting pathways to completion for low-income community college students
Smart money: Informing higher education philanthropy
What gets measured gets done: Adding college-course completion to K-12 accountability systems
Using community colleges to build a STEM-skilled workforce
Getting ready for college: An implementation and early impacts study of eight Texas developmental summer bridge programs
Achieving the Dream data notes: What's in a name? Are they really credential-seeking students?
Three policies to reduce time to degree
Completing the mission: A pilot study of veteran students' progress toward degree attainment in the post 9/11 era
Net tuition and net price trends in the United States: 2000-2009
For profit schools: Experiences of undercover students enrolled in online classes at selected institutions
Dropout recovery is national recovery: How federal policies can support the spread of Back on Track through College pathways
School counselors literature and landscape review: The state of school counseling in America
Complexity in college admission: The barriers between aspiration and enrollment for lower-income students
The (un)productivity of American higher education: From cost "dis-ease"to cost effectiveness
Cracking the student aid code: Parent and student perspectives on paying for college
When opportunity knocks, who answers? New evidence on college achievement awards
The social life of college information: Relationships and experiences as tools for enhancing college decision making
Turning the tide: Five years of Achieving the Dream in community colleges
HBCU distance learning 2010
College choice process of Latino undocumented students: Implications for recruitment and retention
Class differences: Online education in the United States, 2010
Easy come - EZ-GO: A federal role in removing jurisdictional impediments to college education
Degrees for what jobs? Raising expectations for colleges and universities in a global economy
The College Access Challenge Grant (CACG) program
Facilitating student learning through contextualization
A grounded theory of adult student persistence
Greening community colleges: An environmental path to improving educational outcomes
Trends in for-profit postsecondary education: Enrollment, prices, student aid and outcomes
K-12 education reform: Implications and opportunities for public colleges and universities
Latino college completion: Florida
Promising practices supporting low-income, first-generation students at DeVry University
Scaling up is hard to do: Progress and challenges during the first year of Achieving the Dream Developmental Education Initiative
Early college graduates: Adapting, thriving, and leading in college
Who subsidizes whom? An analysis of educational costs and revenues
A phenomenological study of high school counselor advocacy as it relates to the college access of underrepresented students
State policies regarding undocumented college students: A narrative of unresolved issues, ongoing debate and missed opportunities
High expectations and strong supports yield postsecondary success
Why 529 college savings plans favor the fortunate
Trends in the receipt of Pell Grants: Selected years 1995-96 to 2007-08
Data tools for accelerating Latino student success (ALASS)
Learning communities for students in developmental math: Impact studies at Queensborough and Houston community colleges
Building roads to success: Key considerations for communities and states reconnecting youth to education
Financing community schools: Leveraging resources to support student success
Tuition fees and student financial assistance: 2010 Global year in review
Unexpected pathways: Transfer patterns of California community college students
Lumina Foundation focus: The cost quandary: Hard times intensify the nation's urgent need for college graduates
Dual enrollment: A strategy for educational advancement of all students
How military veterans are using the post-9/11 GI Bill and adapting to life in college
Proposed legislative changes to the post-9/11 GI Bill: Potential implications for veterans and colleges
Getting past go: Remedial and developmental education policy at a crossroads
Can transfer and articulation policies propel communtiy college students to a bachelor's degree-and is that the only goal?
Assessing developmental assessment in community colleges
Slip sliding away: An anxious public talks about today's economy and the American Dream
We dream a world: The 2025 vision for black men and boys
2010 census of male-focused programs: A snapshot of programs and organzations supporting American males
A measured approach to improving teacher preparation
The shapeless river: Does a lack of structure inhibit students' progress at community colleges?
Meeting the challenge: The role of school leaders in turning around the lowest-performing high schools
Profiting from health care: The role of for-profit schools in training the health care workforce
Strengthening college opportunity and performance: Federal, state and institutional leadership
From Wall Street to Wal-Mart: Why college graduates are not getting good jobs
Certificates count: An analysis of sub-baccalaureate certificates
State test score trends through 2008-09, Part 4: Is achievement improving and are gaps narrowing for Title 1 students?
Can applying to more colleges increase enrollment rates?
Completing college: Assessing graduation rates at four-year institutions
Operation College Promise
Higher education findings from a nationwide bipartisan survey of 872 respondents age 18-34
Affordable at last: A new student loan system
Using data and inquiry to build equity-focused college-going cultures
Learn and earn: Modeling the success of Metropolitan College: The Business-Higher Education Forum's simulation series
Serving adult learners in higher education: Prinicples of effectiveness (Executive summary)
The college completion agenda: 2011 Progress report: Latino edition
High flyers: Policies and strategies that boost developmental education success in Florida's community colleges
The case for change in college admissions
Strategies for success in career development: The career coach curriculum guide
Optimism, college major, and post-secondary dropout
Turning points: A case study of family literacy-Community college partnerships
Promoting postsecondary educational success for adults and families-A practical partnership guide
Stepping stones: Principal career paths and school outcomes
The college keys compact: 2011 catalog of effective practices: Programs and practices that expand options for students from low-income backgrounds
Lumina Foundation Focus: Un nuevo dia: As Latino population grows, so must college attainment
Unlocking doors and expanding opportunity: Moving beyond the limiting reality of college and career readiness in California high schools
The high cost of low graduation rates: Taxpayers lose millions
Latino college completion: California
Higher education reform: Next-generation models to increase success and control costs
From information to action: Revamping higher education accountability systems
Not just kid stuff anymore: The economic imperative for more adults to complete college
A decade of undergraduate student aid: 1989-90 to 1999-2000
On track to complete? A taxonomy of beginning community college students and their outcomes 3 years after enrolling: 2003-04 through 2006
A return to the "Mexican room": The segregation of Arizona's English learners
Finishing the first lap: The cost of first-year student attrition in America's four-year colleges and universities
Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success (C-PES)
Postsecondary educational trajectories of urban youth: Addressing vulnerabilities and barriers to enrollment and persistence
Trends in college spending: 1998-2008: Where does the money come from? Where does it go? What does it buy?
No time to waste: Policy recommendations for increasing college completion
Higher education web portals: Serving state and student transfer needs
Federal Student Aid strategic plan: FY 2011-15
Framework for providing all students an opportunity to learn through reauthorization of the elementary and secondary education act
Collaborating to create change: How El Paso Community College improved the readiness of its incoming students through Achieving the Dream
Learning communities for students in developmental reading: An impact study at Hillsborough Community College
Trends in College Spending (TCS) Online
Setting statewide college- and career-ready goals
A sharper focus on technical workers: How to educate and train for the global economy
Does extending foster care beyond age 18 promote postsecondary educational attainment?
Partnerships that promote success: Lessons from the evaluation of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation's Community College Transfer Initiative
Strong foundations: The state of postsecondary data systems
How America pays for college 2010: A national study by Sallie Mae and Gallup
What impacts student success in college persistence and completion?
Global Skills for Global Completion
Open-access colleges responsible for greatest gains in graduation rates
College Savings Foundation
The evaluation of charter school impacts: Final report
Beyond the rhetoric: Improving college readiness through coherent state policy
The Pell Institute and Pathways to College Network Evaluation Toolkit
The path forward: The future of graduate education in the United States
Achieving success: The state policy newsletter of Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count: Spring issue
The case to adopt common college- and career-ready standards (state cards)
College Board Advocacy and Policy Center
The course of innovation: Using technology to transform higher education
College for Every Student (CFES): Assessment of student outcomes 2007-08
Getting ready for college: Financial concerns and preparation among the high school senior class of 2003-04
The quality imperative: Match ambitious goals for college attainment with an ambitious vision for learning
Paying for college: Students from middle-income backgrounds
Achieving the Dream: Evidence of change
Insuring college failure risk
Access and persistence: Fall 2009
Drowning in debt: The emerging student loan crisis
College readiness issue brief: High expectations: A key to success for all
Charting a necessary path: The baseline report of public higher education systems in the Access to Success initiative
Metrics for improving cost accountability
Training tomorrow's workforce: Community college and apprenticeship as collaborative routes to rewarding careers
Report on the meta-analysis of post-secondary institutional graduate surveys
Does money matter? II
Post-secondary access and student financial aid in Canada: Current knowledge and research gaps
Funding university education in Ontario: Ontario University applicant survey report
Postsecondary education: Cultural, scholastic and economic drivers
Is university education in Canada more affordable than in the United States?: A Review of the Argument Presented in The affordability of university education: A perspective from both sides of the 49th parallel
Measuring the Effectiveness of Student Assistance (MESA) -- Annual Report 2007
Do Perceptions Matter Regarding the Costs and Benefits of a Post-Secondary Education?
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
A profile of successful Pell Grant recipients: Time to Bachelor's degree and early graduate school enrollment
How much are college students borrowing?
Toward informative assessment and a culture of evidence: Results from strengthening pre-collegiate education in community colleges
Trends in college pricing 2009
Promoting partnerships for student success: Lessons from the SSPIRE Initiative
Military service members and veterans in higher education: What the new GI Bill may mean for postsecondary institutions
Stronger department of education oversight needed to help ensure only eligible students receive federal student aid
College access: From the inside out
State of decline? Gaps in college access and achievement call for renewed commitment to educating Californians
Accelerated learning options: A promising strategy for states
A research agenda for the study of the effects of borrowing and the prospects of indebtedness on students' college-going choices
CSO College Center: A student gateway to college access, opportunity, and success
Federal requirements for homeschoolers seeking college admission and financial aid
Study of the effect of the Talent Search program on secondary and postsecondary outcomes in Florida, Indiana and Texas
Improving literacy outcomes for English language learners in high school: Considerations for states and districts in developing a coherent policy framework
College scholarships for Latino students: Are opportunities being missed?
American Indian Education Foundation: Tools for success scholarship handbook
Characteristics of undergraduate borrowers: 1999-2000
Impact of student aid program design, operations, and marketing on the formation of family college-going plans and resulting college-going behaviors of potential students
Documenting the shift to merit
Measuring up 2006 state report card on education: Indiana
Critical postsecondary education issues in Indiana
Grappling with the access problem
Doors of opportunity opening or closing: We are using tax credits and tuition discounts to appease middle-class voters instead of expanding educational opportunity
Position paper on the reauthorization of higher education act
NDSFA: State financial aid and college access
On the road to college: Developing mobile and regional outreach services
The promise and practice of employer educational assistance programs: 2004 State of the field strategies and trends
Educational vouchers for universal preschools
Benefits of a high school core curriculum
Straight from the source: What works for first-generation college students
Qualified teachers for at-risk schools: A national imperative
Income and financial aid effects on persistence and degree attainment in public colleges
College on credit: How borrowers perceive their education debt
The campus-based financial aid programs: A review and analysis of the allocation of funds to institutions and the distribution of aid to students
College grants on a postcard: A proposal for simple and predictable federal student aid
Helping equip teachers to answer students' questions on college knowledge
PERSIST: A comprehensive guide for student success in higher education
Finding the right college for you
Making accountability work: Community colleges and statewide higher education accountability systems
Improving high-school-to-college transition through leadership and governance
Access to college: The role of tuition, financial aid, scholastic preparation and college supply in public college enrollments
The (un)changing face of the Ivy League
Keeping America's promise: A report on the future of the community college
Narrowing the gaps in educational attainment: A policymaker's guide for assessing and responding to needs for community college services
Costs, prices, and affordability
Collegiate learning assessement project
Higher education for undocumented students: The case for open admission and in-state tuition rates for students without lawful immigration status
The state of college affordability in Indiana
NCHEMS information center
Making college affordable: A work-book on financial aid, loans, and scholarships for college-bound students and their families
Internet inequalities: Financial aid, the internet, and low-income students
Merit aid and college access
Midwest PERL: Postsecondary education resource library
Lumina Foundation focus: Dreams detoured: Rising college costs alter plans and threaten futures
A new look at the institutional component of higher education finance: A guide for evaluating performance relative to financial resources
What students pay for college: Changes in net price of college attendance between 1992-93 and 1999-2000
First generation college students: A literature review
Financing higher education
Cultural barriers to incurring debt: An exploration of borrowing and impact on access to postsecondary education
How families of low- and middle-income undergraduates pay for college: Full-time dependent students in 1999-2000
Public attitudes on higher education
Paying for college: Changes between 1990 and 2000 for full-time dependent undergraduates
Accounting for state student aid: How state policy and student aid connect
Undocumented immigrant students: A very brief overview of access to higher education in California
Add and subtract: Dual enrollment as a state strategy to increase postsecondary success for underrepresented students
How Latino students pay for college: Patterns of financial aid in 2003-04
Empty promises: The myth of college access in America
The student aid gauntlet: Making access to college simple and certain
The role of student loans in college access
Crisis at the core: Preparing all students for college and work
Persistence and attainment of beginning students with Pell Grants
The access challenge: Rethinking the causes of the new inequality
Expanding college access: The impact of state finance strategies
Pell Grant recipients in selective colleges and universities
College affordability in jeopardy: The rising price of higher education
2003 status report on the Pell grant program
Left behind: Unequal opportunity in higher education
Powerful partnerships: Independent colleges share high-impact strategies for low-income students’ success
When saving means losing: Weighing the benefits of college-savings plans
Lumina Foundation focus: Restricted access: The doors to higher education remain closed to many deserving students
How is school reform tied to increasing college access and success for low income and minority youth
Collision course: Rising college costs threaten America’s future and require shared solutions
A closer look at the President's proposal for changes in student assistance
Low-income adults in profile: Improving lives through higher education
Foster care independence act of 1999 and John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program
No merit in these scholarships
Access to community college for undocumented immigrants: A guide for state policy makers
Education as crime prevention: Reinstating Pell Grant eligibility for the incarcerated
Education watch Alabama: Key education facts and figures 2006
Alabama: Featured facts from the SREB Fact Book on higher education
What community college management practices are effective in promoting student success? A study of high- and low-impact institutions
Achievement trap: How America is failing millions of high-achieving students from lower-income families
Making performance accountability work: English lessons for U.S. community colleges
The national articulation and transfer network
Constrained after college: Student loans and early career occupational choices
A report on the status of Hispanics in education: Overcoming a history of neglect
Lumina Foundation for Education: Adult learners
Developing your vision while attending college
College Access: Indiana
Financing asset building and financial education programs for youth transitioning out of foster care
Return on investment: Educational choices and demographic change in California's future
Building a culture of evidence for community college student success: Early progress in the Achieving the Dream initiative
Financial aid pledges to reduce student debt (list of colleges and universities reducing or eliminating student loans for low-income families)
Remediation in the community college: An evaluator's perspective
StateVoucher.org (Education and Training Vouchers)
Promoting academic momentum at community colleges: Challenges and opportunities
State policies to bring adult learning into focus
Strategic directions in Indiana education
Transitions to adulthood for homeless adolescents: Education and public policy
Raising graduation rates in an era of high standards: Five commitments for state action
Graduation rate watch: Making minority student success a priority
Parent expectations and planning for college: Statistical analysis report
Race to the top: Promising approaches to assisting the lowest-performing schools
Campus commons? What faculty, financial officers, and others think about controlling college costs
The Bologna Process for US eyes: Re-learning higher education in the Age of Convergence
An overview of tax benefits for higher education expenses
The case for more attention to financial assistance for adult learners in Indiana who will need to seek Bachelor's degree completion at a distance
Building tomorrow's workforce: Promoting the education and advancement of Hispanic immigrant workers in America
USA Funds: Indiana state resources
A brief history of veterans' education benefits and their value
Creating a high school culture of college-going: The case of Washington State Achievers
When Johnny (or Janelle) comes marching home: National, state, and institutional efforts in support of veterans' education
Cracking the books: Policy measures to contain textbook costs
Transforming America's community colleges: A federal policy proposal to expand opportunity and promote economic prosperity
Rising tuition and enrollment in public higher education
Connected by 25: Financing policies and practices that support permanency for youth transitioning out of foster care
Removing roadblocks to rigor: Linking academic and social supports to ensure college readiness and success
US Department of Veterans Affairs: Yellow Ribbon Program
National studies find TRIO programs effective at increasing college enrollment and graduation
Cost, commitment, and attainment in higher education: An international comparison
Impact of college rankings on institutional decision making: Four country case studies
Getting back on track: Effects of a community college program for probationary students
A matter of trust: Ten key insights from recent public opinion research on attitudes about education among Hispanic parents
Condition of education 2008
Starting right: A first look at engaging entering students
Back to basics: Improving college readiness of community college students
The connection strategy: Preparing young people to succeed in college and beyond
Opportunity matters: A journal of research informing educational opportunity, practice and programs
Achieving college access goals: The relevance of new media in reaching first-generation and low-income teens
State higher education finance: 2007
The community college transfer calculator: Identifying the course-taking patterns that predict transfer to a four-year institution
Creating postsecondary pathways to good jobs for young high school dropouts: The possibilities and the challenges
Student loans: Avoiding deceptive offers
Student success courses in the community college: An exploratory study of student perspectives
UpwardBound Math-Science: STEM education that works
Promise lost: College-qualified students who don't enroll in college
Better together: Realigning pre-college skills development programs to achieve greater academic success for adult learners
Rewarding persistence: Effects of a performance-based scholarship program for low-income parents
The missing "one-offs": The hidden supply of high achieving, low-income students
The impact of affirmative action bans in graduate education
2012 Household financial planning survey
Diverse charter schools: Can racial and socioeconomic integration promote better outcomes for students?
Financial Aid Shopping Sheet
From soldier to student II: Assessing campus programs for veterans and service members
Finding your workforce: The top 25 institutions graduating Latinos in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) by academic level 2009-2010
Where to begin? The evolving role of placement exams for students starting college
For this place, for these people: An exploration of best practices among charter schools serving native students
Connecting the dots between learning and resources
Weighing the evidence: A conversation with community college presidents on using research to support student success outcomes
Strategies for improving outcomes for disconnected youth (Executive Summary)
The competition that really matters: Comparing U.S., Chinese, and Indian investments in the next-generation workforce
Middle skills jobs and the growing importance of postsecondary education
Student debt and the class of 2011
The role of tuition, financial aid policies, and student outcomes on average student debt
Lost without a map: A survey about students' experiences navigating the financial aid process
Cornerstones of completion: State policy support for accelerated, structured pathways to college credentials and transfer
Completing college: A national view of student attainment rates
Staying in school: A proposal to raise high school graduation rates
AACC statement on the American Enterprise Institute's "Completion Matters: The High Cost of Low Community College Graduation Rates"
Finding your workforce: The top 25 institutions graduating Latinos
One dream, two realities: Perspectives of parents on America's high schools
The cruel divide: How California's education finance system shortchanges its poorest school districts
Reclaiming the American Dream: Community colleges and the nation's future: A report from the 21st century commission on the future of community colleges
The Adult Education and Economic Growth Act: Toward a modern adult education system and a more educated workforce
Opportunity for action: Preparing youth for 21st century livelihoods
Do high stakes placement exams predict college success?
Work-integrated learning and career-ready students: Examining the evidence
Washington state student achivement initiative: Achievement points analysis for academic years 2007-2011
Sending veterans to school: Fast facts on the post-9/11 GI Bill
Simplifying student aid: What it would mean for states
Certificates: Gateway to gainful employment and college degrees
Using state policies to ensure effective assessment and placement in postsecondary education
APSCU's five tenents of veteran education
Trends in college spending, 1999-2009
Trends in public higher education: Enrollment, prices, student aid, revenues and expenditures
Professional college knowledge: Re-envisioning how we prepare our college readiness workforce
The College Keys Compact: Getting into college: Postsecondary academic undermatch
High school dual enrollment programs: Are we fast-tracking students too fast?
Illinois community college: Focus on the finish: A report to Governor Pat Quinn and the Illinois General Assembly
Financial trends in public and private nonprofit institutions
How America pays for college 2011
Information constraints and financial aid policy
Federal student loan interest rates: History, subsidies, and cost
Pathways to success: Integrating learning with life and work to increase national college completion
Building pathways to transfer: Community colleges that break the chain of failure for students of color
SREB: State data exchange report: 42 Years and still counting: 2010-11 Indicators report
Improving the odds for failing schools
Does federal student aid raise tuition? New evidence on for-profit colleges
Committing to quality: Guidelines for assessment and accountability in higher education
Lightening the load: A look at four ways that community schools can support effective teaching
Duration and intensity: No time for cutting corners
A matter of degrees: Promising practices for community college student success
Chartering equity: Using charter school legislation and policy to advance equal educational opportunity
Positive student outcomes in community schools: Providing services that meet the many needs of students and parents
Degreeless in debt: What happens to borrowers who drop out
Issues facing historically black colleges and unversities: Results of a focused discussion and survey
Grapevine, Fiscal Year 2011-12
The Aspen Prize for community college excellence
The role of minority-serving institutions in national college completion goals
No DREAMers left behind: The economic potential of DREAM Act beneficiaries
Teaching and learning in large classes at Ontario Universities
Comparability of state local expenditures among schools within districts: A report from the study of school-level expenditures
Striving for student success: A model of shared accountability
Equity scorecard: A process for building institutional capacity to educate young men of color
The for-profit postsecondary school sector: Nimble critters or agile predators?
42nd Annual survey report on state sponsored student financial aid
An analysis of learning outcomes of underrepresented students at urban institutions
The causes and consequences of attending historically black colleges and universities
Survey of income and program participation data on educational attainment
Keeping students on course: An impact study of a student success course at Guilford Technical Community College
Finding your workforce: The top 25 institutions graduating Latinos in health professions and related programs by academic level
A stronger nation through higher education: A detailed look at college attainment-nationally, by state and by metro area
2011 Year in review: Global changes in tuition fee policies and student assistance
Defining college readiness: Where are we now, are where do we need to be?
The CollegeKeys Compact 2012 catalog of effective practices: Programs and practices that expand options for students from low-income backgrounds
State aid to nonpublic schools
Adoption and adaptation: A framework for institutional reform
What we know about dual enrollment
Progress of education reform: Producing quality credentials: Why data and analytics matter
A record one-in-five households now owe student loan debt
Review of the effects of school vouchers on college enrollment: Experimental evidence from New York City
Reverse transfer: A national view of student mobility from four-year to two-year institutions
A framework for advancing career and technical education: Recommendations for the reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Act
Unequal education: Federal loophole enables lower spending on students of color
An examination of the information technology job market
Commencement day: Six-year effects of a college learning community program at Kingsborough Community College
The effects of learning communities for students in developmental education
Bridging the gap: An impact study of eight developmental summer bridge programs in Texas
Denied? The impact of student debt on the ability to buy a house
Factbook Bulletin: Minority enrollment gains show region's progress toward college completion goals
Postsecondary institutions and price of attendance in 2011-12, degrees and other awards conferred: 2010-11, and 12-month enrollment: 2010-11
Student voices on the higher education pathway: Preliminary insights & stakeholder engagement concerns
A new classification scheme for for-profit institutions
Competency-based degree programs in the US: Postsecondary credentials for measurable student learning and performance
Increasing college and career readiness through dual enrollment: Research, policies, and effective practices
Aligning competencies to rigorous standards for off-track youth: A case study of Boston Day and Evening Academy
High standards help struggling students: New evidence
A critical moment: Child and youth homelessness in our nation's schools
Rethinking remedial education: The role of MSIs in serving underreprepared students in the 21st century
Dedicated funding for higher education: Alternatives for tough economic times
Flexible learning options for adult students
Paving the way: How financial aid awareness affects college access and success
Measuring up 2008
Measuring up 2008: Online state report cards
Promising instructional reforms in developmental education: A case study of three Achieving the Dream colleges
Removing the roadblocks: Fair college opportunities for all California students
Searchable English-Spanish glossary
College.gov
Building a data sharing network of scholarship programs for alumni of foster care
Federal access policies and higher education for working adults
How America pays for college: Sallie Mae's national study of college students and parents
It's not about the cut score: Redesigning placement assessment policy to improve student success
Corporate investments in college readiness and access
Learning better together: The impact of learning communities on the persistence of low-income students
The impact of postsecondary remediation using a regression discontinuity approach: Addressing endogenous sorting and noncompliance
ETS Policy Notes: Adult education in America
Early and often: Designing a comprehensive system of financial aid information
Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE)
Education and training for TANF recipients: Opportunities and challenges under the final rule
Passing the torch: Strategies for innovation in community college ESL
The status of African Americans in engineering: Confronting the "new" American dilemma
Education beyond the rhetoric: Making rigor something "real"
38th Annual survey report on state-sponsored student financial aid: 2006-2007 Academic year
Diplomas and dropouts: Which colleges actually graduate their students (and which don't)
National opportunity to learn campaign: State data and analysis
Characteristics of private student loan borrowers who do not use federal education loans
FinAid: Income-based repayment
Developmental Education Toolkit
Smart options: Investing the recovery funds for student success
Selected states response to supporting high school English language learners
Enhancing college student success through developmental education
What does a college degree cost? Comparing approaches to measuring "cost per degree"
State higher education finance: Early release FY 2008
The other college: Retention and completion rates among two-year college students
2007-08 National postsecondary student aid study (NPSAS:08): Student financial aid estimates for 2007-08
Squeeze play 2009: The public's views on college costs today
Grade retention: Achievement and mental health outcomes
Non-traditional student success in public two-year colleges
Breaking through: Factsheet
Do loans increase college access and choice? Examining the introduction of universal student loans
The credit crunch and student loans: Don't react before getting the facts
Higher education: Tuition continues to rise, but patterns vary by institution type, enrollment, and educational expenditures
What every college access practitioner should know: About sources of funding and other support
Indiana college access funding organizations
Adult learners: A data and policy perspective
College For Every Student
Counselors and Mentors Handbook on Federal Student Aid: A Guide for Those Helping Students Prepare for Postsecondary Education
Annotated bibliography: Adult learning in focus: National and state data report
Course-taking patterns and preparation for postsecondary education in California's public university systems among minority youth
Adult learning in focus: National and state-by-state data
Adult learning in focus: Individual state profiles and downloadable data
Do student success courses actually help community college students succeed?
2007-08 Directory of colleges cooperating with the SAT program fee-waiver service
Recent participation in formal learning among working-age adults with different levels of education
Enhancing student services at Lorain County Community College: Early results from the Opening the Doors demonstration in Ohio
Voces (Voices): A profile of today's Latino college students
Beyond the open door: Increasing student success in the California community colleges
Cashing in or cashing out: Tools for measuring the effectiveness and outcomes of financial aid events
Adding it up: State challenges for increasing college access and success
Accelerated remedial math education: How institutional innovation and state policy interact
Community colleges and rural America: Progress and prospects
Tips for parents with high school teens: Countdown to college
From cradle to career: Connecting American education from birth through adulthood; California state report
No Child Left Behind: State report card 2005-2006
Closing the gaps by 2015: The Texas higher education plan
Creating options 2007: Financial aid for individuals with disabilities
The College and Financial Aid Guide for Undocumented AB540 Immigrant Students
Choosing Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs): A closer look at Latino students college choices
Using EXPLORE® and PLAN® Data to Evaluate GEAR UP Programs
Setting students' sights on college: Chicago public schools
Statewide administration of the ACT: A key component in improving student preparation for college and work
Alternatives to the grade point average as measures of academic achievement in college
College access and tax credits
Student African American Brotherhood
Reaching Higher: Strategic Directions for Higher Education in Indiana
Balancing acts: How high school counselors view risks and opportunities of student loans
Financial aid awareness and college attainment
Student debt and the class of 2006
Project on student debt: State by state data
The postsecondary achievement of participants in dual enrollment: An analysis of student outcomes in two states
Trends in student aid 2007
Access to success initiative
National Council of La Raza
Gates Millenium Scholars Program
A plan to improve the quality of teaching in American schools
Wrestling rising costs with innovation
Is student success labeled institutional failure? Student goals and graduation rates in the accountability debate at community colleges
Community college student success: What institutional characteristics make a difference
Institutional research and the culture of evidence at community colleges
Guidance and career counselor's toolkit: Advising high school students with disabilities on postsecondary options
Benchmarks: Indicators of effective educational practice
Postsecondary success begins with high school preparation
Helping families finance college: Improved student loan disclosures and counseling
Higher education reform: Incorporating the needs of foster youth
Private loans and choice in financing higher education
Disconnected youth: Educational pathways to reconnection
Financial aid and scholarships for undocumented students
Undocumented immigrant students and access to higher education: An overview of federal and state policy
Policies in sync: Appropriations, tuition, and financial aid in higher education
Private scholarships count: Access to higher education and the critical role of the private sector
Getting ready to pay for college: What students and their parents know about the cost of college tuition and what they are doing to find out
It’s all relative: The role of parents in college financing and enrollment
Building a career pathways system: Promising practices in community college-centered workforce development
The policy of choice: Expanding student options in higher education
What's at stake? The social and economic benefits of higher education
Responding to the crisis in college opportunity
The burden of borrowing: A report on the rising rates of student debt
Meeting the access challenge: Indiana's Twenty-first Century Scholars program
Debt burden: Repaying student debt
On course for success: A close look at high school courses that prepare students for college
What role can dual enrollment programs play in easing the transition between high school and postsecondary education
Annotated list of Pathways research, papers, reports, and other publications by focus area
A shared agenda: A leadership challenge to improve college access and success
Value added: The costs and benefits of college preparatory programs in the united states
The role of finances in the persistence process.: A structural model
Socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, and selective college admissions
Trends in student aid 2003
Informing public policy: Financial aid and student persistence
Foster youth: Tips for completing the FAFSA (2008-09)
National college access network
Indiana dollars for scholars
Trends in student aid 2005
The link between high school reform and college access and success for low-income and minority youth
Education Commission of the States: Postsecondary Issues
The affordability of university education: A perspective from both sides of the 49th parallel
35th Annual survey report on state-sponsored student financial aid: 2003-04 Academic year
Global higher education rankings: Affordability and accessibility in comparative perspective
U.S. Department of Education: The Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credit
Student aid and tax benefits: Better research and guidance will facilitate comparison of effectiveness and student use
Student financial aid: Need determination could be enhanced through improvements in education's estimate of applicants state tax payments
Correcting course: How we can restore the ideals of public higher education in a market-driven era
Breaking through: Helping low-skilled adults enter and succeed in college and careers
Persistence among first-generation college students in Indiana: The impact of precollege preparation, college experiences, and financial aid
Addressing student loan repayment burdens: Strengths and weaknesses of the current system
Workbook of state affordability rates 2004
Access and persistence: Fall 2005
Ensuring rigor in the high school curriculum: What states are doing
Working their way through college: Student employment and its impact on the college experience
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing: How perceptions of costs and benefits affect access to education
Mississippi's mandate: How investment in education pays off in Mississippi
Diversity and persistence in Indiana higher education: The impact of preparation, major choices, and financial aid
EducationQuest
Part II: Institutional strategies, strategies to increase student success
36th annual survey report on state-sponsored student financial aid, 2004 - 2005 academic year
The impact of advice on price: Evidence from research
More on affordability: Response to Tom Mortenson
Access and persistence: Summer 2005
Career advancement for low-income workers through community college and community-based organization partnerships
Twenty-first Century Scholars Program
Frequently asked questions about college costs
Transfer college quality and student performance
Liberal education outcomes: A preliminary report on student achievement in college
Feasibility of a student unit record system within the integrated postsecondary education data system
Emergency financial aid for community college students: Implementation and early lessons from the Dreamkeepers and Angel Fund programs.
The progress of education reform: Dual enrollment
Bridge program planning guide
Boosters, brokers, and bridges: Real world ideas for college access programs
Expanding opportunities: Postsecondary career and technical education and preparing tomorrow’s workforce
U.S. student and adult performance on international assessments of educational achievement
Nontraditional undergraduates
Don't get scammed on your way to college!
How do I pay for college?
The unraveling of No Child Left Behind: How negotiated changes unravel the law
Student debt and the class of 2005: Average debt by state, sector, and school
Federal student aid need analysis: Background and selected simplification issues
Student loan forgiveness programs
The debt explosion among college graduates
Student debt: Bigger and bigger
Closing educational achievement gaps for Latino/a students in Utah
Adult learners and new traditions in higher education
Strategies for improving student success in postsecondary education
Preparing today's high school students for tomorrow's opportunities
Focus on foster care: Building educational support for youth in care
2003-04 National postsecondary student aid study: Undergraduate financial aid estimates for twelve states
SPIDO (State Policy Inventory Database Online)
Admission possible
Creating college opportunity for all: Prepared students and affordable colleges
NDSFA: Getting the most out of federal aid spending -- encouraging colleges and universities to promote the common good
NDSFA: Recommendations for improving federal aid delivery
State of college admission 2007
An assessment of recent proposals to improve the Montgomery GI bill
GI bill: A reality check
Tuition discounting: Not just a private college practice
Cashing in on the GI bill
Involving families in high school and college expectations
National Urban League Scholarships
It's not what you tell them, it's what they hear: College access marketing in your community
Improving lives: Ensuring the academic success of low-income adults
State tuition, fees, and financial assistance policies for public colleges and universities, 2005-06
Beyond NCLB: Fulfilling the promise to our nation's children
The feasibility of delivering aid for college through the tax system
American Indian higher education consortium
Richard Stockton College Community of Scholars
Academic pathways to college: Policies and practices of the fifty states to reach underserved students
Increasing the achievement of Native American youth at early college high schools
An analysis of section 529 college savings and prepaid tuition plans
Achieving the Dream Data Notes: Academic outcomes of high risk students
What we must to do to create a system that prepares students for college success
How America saves for college 2009: Sallie Mae's national study of students and parents
Trends in student aid 2009
Field guide for improving student success
International trends in adult education and lifelong learning
IDAs and financial aid: Understanding the puzzle and sharing best practices
A clear and present danger to institutional and student success: A training model for embedding student loan default aversion within strategic enrollment management
39th Annual survey report on state-sponsored student financial aid
National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment
Promoting economic mobility by increasing postsecondary education
Access to Medical Education in Canada: Do Differing Tuition Regimes Affect Access and Career Choice?
A new kind of student aid: Creating, implementing and assessing the Millennium Access Bursaries
Measuring the effectiveness of student assistance - Annual report 2006
Report on student debt: Canadian college student survey and Canadian undergraduate survey consortium
Investing in their future: A survey of student and parental support for learning
The impact of bursaries: Debt and student persistence in post-secondary education
The 2003 Ontario College Applicant Survey
Pressure points in student financial assistance: Exploring the “Making Ends Meet” database
No time to lose: Why America needs an education amendment to the US Constitution to improve public education
Canadian college student finances: Second edition
The price of knowledge 2004: Access and student finance in Canada
The price of knowledge: Access and student finance in Canada
Student Financial Survey: Baseline Results (2001)
Does money matter?
Four steps to finishing first in higher education: A guide for state policymakers
Rising by Degrees
Measuring student achievement at postsecondary institutions
Employers, low-income young adults, and post-secondary credentials: A practical typology for business, education, and community leaders
ACE Online Information Center
Getting started at community colleges: Reducing unplanned pregnancy and strengthening academic achievement
Fighting for quality and equality, too: How states and policymakers can ensure the drive to improve teacher quality doesn't just trickle down to poor and minority children
Women and college savings: A survey on parental attitudes and practices
Higher Education Price Index (HEPI)
College readiness issue brief: Social support: An essential ingredient to success
Removing roadblocks to rigor: Linking academic and social supports to ensure college readiness and success: Executive summary
A shared agenda: P-12 and postsecondary policy recommendations: Moving toward a more cohesive continuum of federal support for college opportunity
Transfer access from community colleges and the distribution of elite higher education
Taking stock: Higher education and Latinos
The Equity Scorecard: A collaborative approach to assess and respond to racial and ethnic disparities in student outcomes
Race to the Top: Accelerating college and career readiness in states: Teacher effectiveness
Top gap closers: Some public four-year colleges and universities have made good progress in closing graduation rate gaps
Federal student aid for incarcerated individuals
Federal student aid for incarcerated individuals (Spanish language version)
The high cost of low educational performance: The long-run economic impact of improving PISA outcomes
False fronts? Behind higher education's voluntary accountability systems
Policies paved the way: Early college innovation in North Carolina
Fueling the race to postsecondary success: A 48-institution study of prior learning assessment and adult student outcomes
Financial incentives for institutions and individuals: Survey findings from the Midwest and the Nation
The effects of public support on college attainment
Revving the education engine: Effectively aligning education, workforce, and economic development policy
Indiana's guide to paying for college: Step-by-step tips to help high school seniors apply for financial aid
Community College 2.0
College and career ready graduation: Strengthening the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Dollars and sense: How "career first" programs like Year Up benefit youth and employers
High hopes, big debts (class of 2008)
ETS Policy Notes: Advancing learning for our diverse adult population
A portrait of low-income young adults in education
Guiding the way to higher education: Families, counselors, and communities together
Pay scale: Which colleges are worth your investment (college cost comparison tool)
Recruiting and retaining older African American and Hispanic boys in after-school programs: What we know and what we still need to learn
A contexualized reading-writing intervention for community college students
Sample state legislation to extend foster care, adoption, and guardianship protections, services, and payments to young adults age 18 and over
Scaling up learning communities: The experience of six community colleges
High school dropouts and the economic losses from juvenile crime in California
Enrollment in postsecondary institutions Fall 2008; graduation rates, 2002 and 2005 cohorts; and financial statistics, 2008
Lumina Foundation Focus: Off the charts: Columns of data provide support for student achievement
Case studies of three community colleges: The policy and practice of assessing and placing students in developmental education courses
American community colleges and the academic crisis of basic skills: Adult student success
Improving transfer access to STEM bachelor's degrees at Hispanic Serving Institutions through the America COMPETES Act
Rising to the challenge: Meaningful assessment of student learning
College readiness for all: The challenge for urban high schools
Indiana's Cash for College
Increasing college success: A roadmap for governors
Putting students ahead of private banks: Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibily Act (SAFRA) myths-facts
Dual credit in Indiana: Bridging the gap between high school and college
Expanded learning time by the numbers: The traditional school calendar is failing to meet many students' needs
A next social contract for the primary years of education
The impact of "going green" on the Latino community
Leisure college USA: The decline in student study time
Big gaps, small gaps: Some colleges and universities do better than others in graduating African-American students
Call for action: Transforming teaching and learning to prepare high school students for college and careers
GetMeToCollege.org (How to prepare, pay for, and succeed in college for first-generation college students)
College admissions tests as measures of accountability
Underperforming schools and the education of vulnerable children
Are you gainfully employed? Setting standards for for-profit degrees
The college completion agenda: State policy guide
From access to success: A funder's guide to ensuring more Americans earn postsecondary degrees
Southern Regional Education Board: Moving Ahead: State progress reports on Challenge to Lead goals
NASSGAP 40th annual survey report on state-sponsored student financial aid: 2008-2009 academic year
National Opportunity to Learn Campaign
Attendance counts: Advancing student success by reducing chronic absence
One-shot deal? Students' perceptions of assessment and course placement in California's community colleges
The progress of education reform: Investing in college completion
CollegeMeasures.org
Web tables - trends in undergraduate stafford loan borrowing: 1989-90 to 2007-08
ABE career connections: A manual for integrating Adult Basic Education into Career Pathways
California community college transfer rates: Who is counted makes a difference
Overlooked and underpaid: How Title 1 shortchanges high schools, and what ESEA can do about it
GEAR UP: Current project overviews 2002
Latino college completion: Texas
Complete to Compete: Higher education data dashboards (state reports)
Helping students get back on track: What federal policymakers can learn from New York City's multiple pathways to graduation initiative
Engineering solutions to the national crisis in literacy: How to make good on the promise of common core state standards
A community college instructor like me: Race and ethnicity interactions in the classroom
Designing common assessments to be measures of college and career readiness: Challenges and opportunities
A green career pathways framework: Postsecondary and employment success for low-income, disconnected youth
Think College Indiana!
Aligning community colleges to their local labor markets: The emerging role of online job ads for providing real-time intelligence about occupations and skills in demand
41st annual survey report on state-sponsored student financial aid: 2009-2010 Academic year
Supporting data use while protecting the privacy, security and confidentiality of student information: A primer for state policymakers
What's it worth: The economic value of college majors
The role of mentoring in college access and success
The bottom line: Ensuring that students and parents understand the net price of college
Performance-based funding: A re-emerging strategy in public higher education financing
Latino college completion: Pennsylvania
The false promise of class-size reduction
Making summer count: How summer programs can boost children's learning
College Affordability and Transparency Center
Common core state standards: Progress and challenges in school districts' implementation
Breaking schools' rules: A statewide study of how school discipline relates to students' success and juvenile justice involvement
Bringing business analytics to the college campus: Using fiscal metrics to steer innovation in postsecondary educations
The Future Ready Project
Scaling up Breaking Through: 2010 evaluation
Scaling and sustaining: State progress in the developmental education initiative
Testing the impact of Higher Achivement's year-round out-of-school-time program on academic outcomes
Higher education spending and the state fiscal stabilization fund, part 3: State case studies
Increasing teacher diversity: Strategies to improve the teacher workforce
Leveraging data for college completion
STEM: Science, technology, engineering, mathematics (Full Report)
Federal education tax benefits: Who receives them and to what extent do they shape the price of college attendance?
Conducting a scan of your college access and success system: Why it matters, how to do it, how to use it
The advanced placement program benefits mainly well-prepared students who pass AP exams
What is the price of college? Total, net, and out of pocket prices in 2007-08
Introduction to the Community College Research Center (CCRC) assessment of evidence series
Redesigning community colleges for completion: Lessons from research on high performance organizations
Bringing adults back to college: Designing and implementing a statewide concierge model
False impression: How a widely stated study vastly overstates the benefits of charter schools
Cohort default rate resources
Illinois adult education bridge evaluation: Technical report
Community college student survey
Developmental education in community colleges
Grading higher education: Giving consumers the information they need
Community colleges and higher education: How do state transfer and articulation policies impact student pathways?
Modeling the role of community colleges in increasing educational attainment and workforce preparedness
Time to completion: States and systems must tackle the time dilemma
Major differences: Explaining student engagement by field of study: Annual results 2010
Building a higher skilled workforce: Results and implications from the Bridgeconnect national survey
The return on the federal investment in for-profit education: Debt without a diploma
Changing the odds for students: Spotlight on Kingsborough College
Lumina Foundation Focus: Discerning learning: Colleges find new ways to show what students know
Ready by 21 case study: Austin, TX
Trends in student financing of undergraduate education: Selected years, 1995-96 to 2007-08
State tuition, fees, and financial assistance policies for public colleges and universities, 2010-11
College completion toolkit
Public school choice in the District of Columbia: A descriptive analysis
Podcast: Getting high school dropouts in and out of college
Winning the future: Improving education for the Latino community
Plugged in: Positive development strategies for disconnected Latino youth
Adding it all up: An early look at net price calculators
Giving credit where credit is due: Creating a competency-based qualifications framework for postsecondary education and training
Incentivizing school turnaround: A proposal for reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
How non-academic supports work: Four mechanisms for improving student outcomes

 

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