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Short Description:The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is a national nonprofit that works to improve the lives of low-income people. CLASP’s mission is to improve the economic security, educational and workforce prospects, and family stability of low-income parents, children, and youth and to secure equal justice for all.
Annotation:The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is a national nonprofit that works to improve the lives of low-income people. CLASP’s mission is to improve the economic security, educational and workforce prospects, and family stability of low-income parents, children, and youth and to secure equal justice for all. To carry out this mission, CLASP conducts cutting-edge research, provides insightful policy analysis, advocates at the federal and state levels, and offers information and technical assistance on a range of family policy and equal justice issues for our audience of federal, state, and local policymakers; advocates; researchers; and the media.
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From capacity to success: HSIs and Latino student success through Title V
Inseparable imperatives: Equity in education and the future of the American economy
PISA 2009 results: What students know and can do: Student performance in reading, mathematics and science
Keeping students enrolled: How community colleges are boosting financial resources for their students
Disrupting college: How disruptive innovation can deliver quality and affordability to postsecondary education
Introduction to the Community College Research Center (CCRC) assessment of evidence series
2010 census of male-focused programs: A snapshot of programs and organzations supporting American males
Which students to serve? Universal or targeted eligibility for postsecondary opportunity programs
From Wall Street to Wal-Mart: Why college graduates are not getting good jobs
Bringing adults back to college: Designing and implementing a statewide concierge model
Certificates count: An analysis of sub-baccalaureate certificates
Conducting a scan of your college access and success system: Why it matters, how to do it, how to use it
College choice process of Latino undocumented students: Implications for recruitment and retention
A grounded theory of adult student persistence
Achieving success: The latest news in achieving community college success (2011)
Aligning education and workforce goals to foster economic development
Across the great divide: Perspectives of CEOs and college presidents on America's higher education and skills gap
The effects of student coaching in college: An evaluation of a randomized experiment in student mentoring
Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the challenge of preparing young Americans for the 21st century
Cross-system collaboration for reconnecting youth
Buying college: What consumers need to know
Protecting the federal investment in higher education: The gainful employment rule
Winning the future: Improving education for the Latino community
Digest of education statistics 2010, and mini-digest of education statistics 2010
Achieving ambitious goals: Case studies of scaling up programs for advancing low-skilled adults
Stepping stones: Principal career paths and school outcomes
Scaling up Breaking Through: 2010 evaluation
The hidden costs of community colleges
Learn and earn: Modeling the success of Metropolitan College: The Business-Higher Education Forum's simulation series
Education and the economy: Boosting the nation's economy by improving high school graduation rates among students of color and native students
Priced out: How the wrong financial-aid policies hurt low-income students
The college keys compact: 2011 catalog of effective practices: Programs and practices that expand options for students from low-income backgrounds
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)
The educational experience of young men of color: A review of research, pathways, and progress
The educational experience of young men of color: Federal legal implications and policy guidance
Online and hybrid course enrollment and performance in Washington State Community and Technical Colleges
2008-09 Baccalaureate and beyond longitudinal study (B&B:08/09)
Yesterday's nontraditional student is today's traditional student
Reclaiming the American Dream: Community colleges and the nation's future: A report from the 21st century commission on the future of community colleges
A tool using data to inform a state early childhood agenda
Finding your workforce: The top 25 institutions graduating Latinos
2012 State of the state addresses: Governors' top education issues
Charter-school management organizations: Diverse strategies and diverse student impacts
State HIgher Education Finance 2011
Easing the transition from combat to classroom: Preserving America's investment in higher education for military veterans through institutional assessment
Calculating the economic value of increasing college credentials by 2025: United States
Finding your workforce: The top 25 institutions graduating Latinos in health professions and related programs by academic level
Stopped short: 2.1 Million adults in Florida went to college but didn't finish
The college completion agenda may sacrifice college access for low-income, minority and other at-risk students
Review of the effects of school vouchers on college enrollment: Experimental evidence from New York City
Career and technical education: Five ways that pay along the way to the B.A.
Left out. Forgotten? Recent high school graduates and the Great Recession
Lifting Latinos up by their 'rootstraps': Moving beyond trauma through a healing-informed framework for Latino boys and men
Debt, jobs, diversity and who gets in: A survey of admissions directors
Challenge the status quo: Academic success among school-age African-American males
The condition of education 2012 (Report)
Certificates: Gateway to gainful employment and college degrees
Using state policies to ensure effective assessment and placement in postsecondary education
Healthcare
The role of student learning outcomes for institutional accountability and transparency
Increasing college and career readiness through dual enrollment: Research, policies, and effective practices
The American middle class, income inequality, and the strength of our economy: New evidence in economics
Employment by summary education and training assignment, 2010 and projected 2020
State policy profiles for completion by design
What explains trends in labor supply among U.S. undergraduates, 1970-2009?
Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education
Black male student success in higher education: A report from the national black male college achievement study
Improving the odds for failing schools
Pathways to success: Integrating learning with life and work to increase national college completion
The widening academic achievement gap between the rich and the poor: New evidence and possible explanations
Why access matters: The community college student body
STEM: Science, technology, engineering, mathematics (Full Report)
Today's promise, tomorrow's future: The social and educational factors contributing to the outcomes of Hispanics in urban schools
From birth to college: Findings from Year 1 of a process evaluation of the University of chicago charter school model
Striving for student success: A model of shared accountability
Completing the mission: A pilot study of veteran students' progress toward degree attainment in the post 9/11 era
Middle-class societies invest more in public education: A stronger middle class is associated with higher levels of spending on education
Pathway to recovery: Implementing a back on track through college model
Postsecondary education student outcomes vary at for-profit, non-profit, and public schools
Smart spending: Reforming federal financial aid for higher education
Creating the workforce of the future: The STEM interest and proficiency challenge
Gains and gaps: Changing inequality in U.S. college entry and completion
Challenging success: Can college degree completion be increased as states cut budgets?
High school dual enrollment programs: Are we fast-tracking students too fast?
Meeting the STEM workforce challenge: Leveraging higher education's untapped potential to prepare tomorrow's STEM workforce
The impacts of state performance funding systems on higher education institutions: Research literature review and policy implications
Financial literacy at minority-serving institutions
The middle class is key to a better-educated nation: A stronger middle class is associated with better educational outcomes
A better measure of skills gaps: Utilizing ACT skill profile and assessment data for strategic skill research
Young adult outcomes of youth exiting dependent or delinquent care in Los Angeles county
Equity scorecard: A process for building institutional capacity to educate young men of color
STEM: State reports and state level analysis
The role of minority-serving institutions in redefining and improving developmental education
Much accomplished, much at stake: Performance and policy in Maryland higher education
The educational experience of young men of color: A review of research, pathways and progress
Transfer & mobility: A national view of pre-degree student movement in postsecondary institutions
Statewide aid policies to improve college access and success
Predicting success in college: The importance of placement tests and high school transcripts
Western Policy Exchanges
Lightening the load: A look at four ways that community schools can support effective teaching
The progress of education reform: Pre-K-12 literacy: State of the nation
Raising job quality and skills for American workers: Creating more effective education and workforce development systems in the states
A crucible moment: College learning & democracy's future
Students with disabilities: Better federal coordination could lessen challenges in transition from high school
Finding your workforce: The top 25 institutions graduating Latinos in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) by academic level 2009-2010
Leaders & laggards: A state-by-state report card on public postsecondary education
Not the ceiling, but the floor: Innovative Harlem early childhood education effort complicated by varying government regulations
Aid and innovation: How federal financial aid policy impacts student success and how states can respond
Digest of Education Statistics 2011
Strategies for improving outcomes for disconnected youth (Executive Summary)
One in seven: Ranking youth disconnection in the 25 largest metro areas
The urgency of now: The Schott 50-state report on public education and black males
Education at a glance 2012: OECD indicators
Freshman transition initiatives: Long term and comprehensive
The effects of learning communities for students in developmental education
Overcoming the poverty challenge to enable college and career readiness for all: The crucial role of student supports
The causes and consequences of attending historically black colleges and universities
Using dual enrollment policy to improve college & career readiness: A web tool for decision makers
Taking action for America: A CEO plan for jobs and economic growth
Sending veterans to school: Fast facts on the post-9/11 GI Bill
Does more money matter? An introduction to the performance-based scholarship demonstration in California
It's a matter of time: Low-income students and community colleges
Dual enrollment: Reviewing programs to promote college completion
Growing proportion of children in poverty means more education challenges
Ensuring America's Future - Sector briefs
California District Report Cards
New path to federal student aid for those with no high school diploma or GED
Ten facts about the recovery
One degree of separation: How young Americans who don't finish college see their chances for success
Promoting full-time attendance among adults in community college: Early impacts from the performance-based scholarship demonstration in New York
On our way: Educational toolkit for families (A program instructional guide)
Turning points: A case study of family literacy-Community college partnerships
Promoting postsecondary educational success for adults and families-A practical partnership guide
The role of mentoring in college access and success
How four-year colleges and universities organize themselves to promote student persistence: The emerging national picture
Five ways ed pays (Spanish language version)
Teacher voices: Immigration, language and culture
FIve ways ed pays: Five powerful ways a college degree can transform your life and your lifestyle
Lumina Foundation Focus: Un nuevo dia: As Latino population grows, so must college attainment
The condition of education 2011
Crossing the finish line: A national effort to address near completion
Caught in the crisis: Students with disabilities in U.S. high schools
Learning at a distance: Undergraduate enrollment in distance education courses and degree programs
Using community colleges to build a STEM-skilled workforce
Forgotten middle-skill jobs: State by state snapshots
Staying on track: Early findings from a performance-based scholarship program at the University of New Mexico
Strategies for success in career development: The career coach curriculum guide
Charting pathways to completion for low-income community college students
Women see value and benefits of college; Men lag on both fronts, survey finds
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
Top ten higher education policy issues for 2011
Racial gaps in early childhood: Socio-emotional health, development, and educational outcomes among African-American males
The high cost of low graduation rates: Taxpayers lose millions
Complete to Compete: Higher education data dashboards (state reports)
The College Match Program
Capacity building to diversify STEM: Realizing potential among HBCUs
Latino college completion: State series
Promising practices supporting low-income, first-generation students at DeVry University
Young children of immigrants and the path to educational success: Key themes from an Urban Institute roundtable
Presidential leadership for public policy: A special report by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
Unlocking potential: Results of a national survey of postsecondary education in state prisons
Greening community colleges: An environmental path to improving educational outcomes
Plugged in: Positive development strategies for disconnected Latino youth
Improving child care access to promote postsecondary success among low-income parents
The College Access Challenge Grant (CACG) program
A sound investment: The community college dividend
Early college graduates: Adapting, thriving, and leading in college
School tracking and access to higher education among disadvantaged groups
Incentivizing school turnaround: A proposal for reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Community colleges and higher education: How do state transfer and articulation policies impact student pathways?
Community college and high school partnerships
Grading higher education: Giving consumers the information they need
Strengthening college opportunity and performance: Federal, state and institutional leadership
State test score trends through 2008-09, Part 2: Slow and uneven progress in narrowing gaps
Closing the gap between high school and college
Filling in the blanks: How information can affect choice in higher education
Improving undergraduate learning: Findings and policy recommendations from the SSRC-CLA longitudinal project
Adults with college degrees in the United States, by county
Illinois adult education bridge evaluation: Technical report
Reauthorizing ESEA: Considerations for dropout prevention and recovery
Breaking barriers: Plotting the path to academic success for school-age african-american males
We dream a world: The 2025 vision for black men and boys
Service members in school: Military veterans' experiences using the post-9/11 GI Bill and pursuing postsecondary education
Everybody ready for college
Building capacity for reconnecting youth
The economic benefits of postsecondary degrees: A state and national level analysis
What works for Latino student success in higher education: 2012 Compendium, profiles of selected programs
Men of color: A role for policymakers in improving the status of black male students in U.S. higher education
2012 National survey of school counselors: True north: Charting the course to college and career readiness
Forging new pathways: The impact of the breaking through initiative in michigan
A problem still in search of a solution: A state policy roadmap for improving early education
How do recent college grads really stack up? Employment and earnings for graduates of the Great Recession
Regardless of the cost, college still matters
Staying in school: A proposal to raise high school graduation rates
Field of degree and earnings by selected employment characteristics: 2011
Transfer: An indispensable part of the community college mission
A whole 'nother world: Students navigating community college
The context of "choice" in college pathways
Building bridges to college and careers: Contextualized basic skills programs at community colleges
Closing the achievement gap: An overview
Measuring up internationally: Developing skills and knowledge for the global economy
Championing success: A report on the progress of tribal college and university alumni
States that raise their high school graduation rates could generate millions more in higher wages
Liberal education outcomes: A preliminary report on student achievement in college
Accelerated learning for all
The impact of diversity on college students: The latest research
Educational opportunity for all?
Quality counts 2007: From cradle to career: Connecting education from birth through adulthood (Indiana state report)
PERSIST: A comprehensive guide for student success in higher education
Addressing America's dropout challenge: State efforts to boost graduation rates require federal support
Tapping America's potential: The education for innovation initiative
Relationships between students' high school and middle school experiences and later completion of a Bachelor's degree
Demography is not destiny: Increasing the graduation rates of low-income college students at large public universities
State of college opportunity in Ohio 2005
College affordability for students from low and lower-middle income families
Graduate Retention Program
What's wrong with guys?
Lost learning, forgotten promises: A national analysis of school racial segregation, student achievement, and "controlled choice" plans
The postsecondary educational experiences of high school career and technical education concentrators: Selected results from the NELS: 88/2000 Postsecondary education transcript study
Charter high schools: Closing the achievement gap
College learning for the new global century
Urgent but overlooked: The literacy crisis among adolescent English language learners
Healthier and wealthier: Decreasing healthcare costs by increasing educational attainment
Demography as destiny: How America can build a better future
Just for the kids
Catching the Dream
Correctional education facts
Does implementing a research based school counseling curriculum enhance student achievement
As America becomes more diverse: The impact of state higher education inequality
Grants for students: What they do, why they work
The George Lucas Educational Foundation
Improving educational outcomes for students with disabilities
The expectations gap: A 50 state review of high school graduation requirements
Access and persistence: Winter 2006
Beyond the tunnel problem: Addressing cross-cutting issues that impact vulnerable youth
Investing wisely in adult learning is key to state prosperity
Pathways to a four-year degree: Determinants of transfer and degree completion
Ticket to nowhere: The gap between leaving high school and entering college and high performance jobs
Transitions to college: From theory to practice
Powerful pathways: Framing options and opportunities for vulnerable youth
Beyond college for all: Policies and practices to improve transitions into college and jobs
Effects of students’ middle school and high school experiences on completion of the bachelor’s degree: How can school counselors make a difference?
The role of finances in the persistence process.: A structural model
The big payoff: Educational attainment and synthetic estimates of work-life earnings
The economic benefits of the Dream Act and the Student Adjustment Act
Access denied: Restoring the nation’s commitment to equal educational opportunity
Left behind: Unequal opportunity in higher education
Who goes to preschool and why does it matter?
Measuring up 2006
The role of academic and non-academic factors in improving college retention
Postsecondary access for Latino middle-grades students (PALMS)
The connection collection: School-family-community connections database
Economic outcomes of high school completers and non-completers 8 years later
Best evidence encyclopedia: Center for data-driven reform in education
Miles to go: Louisiana
Center for Student Opportunity
The role of the guidance profession in a shifting education system
A research agenda for the study of the effects of borrowing and the prospects of indebtedness on students' college-going choices
Middle Start
After prison: Roadblocks to reentry: A report on state legal barriers facing people with criminal records
Improving prisoner re-entry through strategic policy innovations
Career development in context: Selected trends in education, economics, labor, and society
The relationship between advanced placement and college graduation
Camino de la universidad: The road to college
Innovation America: A compact for postsecondary education
The path to prosperity: A policy of investment
Education watch Florida: Key education facts and figures 2004
Database of 21st century skills assessments
The Breakthrough High School project
Title I and early childhood programs: A look at investments in the NCLB era
Access to success initiative
The study of economic, informational, and cultural barriers to community college student transfer access at selective institutions: National estimates of transfer access and baccalaureate degree attainment at four-year colleges and universities
Great expectations: A guide to Alabama's high school graduation exam
No Child Left Behind: State report card 2005-2006
From cradle to career: Connecting American education from birth through adulthood; California state report
Independent Evaluation of the California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE): Third Biennial Report
Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG.org)
Achievement trap: How America is failing millions of high-achieving students from lower-income families
Are they really ready to work? Employers perspectives on the basic knowledge and applied skills of new entrants to the 21st century U.S. workforce
College of Adult and Professional Studies
Adult learners in higher education: Barriers to success and strategies to improve results
Indiana's occupational employment outlook to 2012
The professional mentor program plus: An academic success and retention tool for adult learners
Condition of education 2002: Special analysis, nontraditional undergraduates
Chicago Public Schools Department of Postsecondary Education
YMCA
Who graduates in California?
Racial disparities and the new federalism
Recent participation in formal learning among working-age adults with different levels of education
From high school to the future: Potholes on the road to college
Education and economic mobility
Promoting academic momentum at community colleges: Challenges and opportunities
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute: Youth site
Five academic reasons why state virtual schools are important to your state
Quality counts 2008
Improving educational attainment through extensive postsecondary encouragement services
Power tools: Designing state community college data and performance measurement systems to increase student success
Opening doors to earning credentials: Changing courses - Instructional innovations that help low income students succeed in community college
National evaluation of GEAR UP: A summary of the first two years
Department of Upward Bound programs: Strategic plan
National evaluation of Upward Bound: Summary of first-year impacts and program operations
The state of American manhood
Project Complete
Redesigning the ninth-grade experience: Reduce failure, improve achievement, and increase high school graduation rates
Achievement and attainment in Chicago charter schools
Examining gaps in mathematics achievement among racial-ethnic groups, 1972-1992
Modeling Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs): Campus practices that work for Latino students
Advancing adults into community college programs: Data tools from Breaking Through
Early intervention program and college partnerships
McNair scholar handbook
The Fortune Society: Prisoner Re-entry
America's forgotten middle-skill jobs: Education and training requirements in the next decade and beyond
Wising up: How government can partner with business to increase skills and advance low-wage workers
What do we know about the economic benefits of the GED? A synthesis of evidence from recent research
Voice of adult learners united to educate (VALUE)
Creating college readiness: Profiles of 38 schools that know how
Institutional transfer and the management of risk in higher education
The consequences of dropping out of high school: Joblessness and jailing for high school dropouts and the high cost for taxpayers
Coalition for Evidence-based Policy
Raising rigor, getting results: Lessons learned from AP expansion
Bringing off-track youth into the center of high school reform: Lessons and tools from leading communities
Global Policy Fellows Program: Lessons learned
Rethinking developmental education in community colleges
Parental transfers, student achievement, and the labor supply of college students
College enrollment hits an all-time high, fueled by community college surge
Employers, low-income young adults, and post-secondary credentials: A practical typology for business, education, and community leaders
Changes in postsecondary degrees below the Bachelor's: 1997-2007
Charting a necessary path: The baseline report of public higher education systems in the Access to Success initiative
Four steps to finishing first in higher education: A guide for state policymakers
Rising by Degrees
Steps to success: Analyzing milestone achievement to improve community college student outcomes
The promise of proficiency: How college proficiency information can help high schools drive student success
With their whole lives ahead of them: Myths and realities about why so many students fail to finish college
Between two worlds: How young Latinos come of age in America
From soldier to student: Easing the transition of service members on campus
College readiness for the 21st century: A blog on college readiness in practice and policy
The misplaced math student: Lost in eighth-grade Algebra
National opportunity to learn campaign: Lost opportunity: A 50 state report on the oppotunity to learn in America
National studies find TRIO programs effective at increasing college enrollment and graduation
Comparative indicators of education in the United States and other G-8 countries: 2009
Guidebook for incarcerated veterans in Indiana
Value of a college education (calculator)
Commission to Build a Healthier America
The Education Equality Project: Improving teacher quality
Community colleges: A route of upward economic mobility
Campaign for High School Equity
Gaining support from campus leaders: A project brief based on BEAMS project outcomes
Increasing student engagement through faculty development: A practice brief based on BEAMS project outcomes
Community college transfer and articulation policies: Looking beneath the surface
Do increases in Pell and other grant awards increase college-going among lower income high school graduates? Evidence from a 'natural experiment'
Mapping new directions: Higher education for older adults
Education attainment levels for the states: Degree completion overview charts (by state)
Coming to our senses: Education and the American future
Rewarding persistence: Effects of a performance-based scholarship program for low-income parents
Fulfilling the commitment: Recommendations for reforming federal student aid
The contribution of adult learning to health and social capital
Community college success: Is it a pathway to opportunity?
Noncredit enrollment in workforce education: State policies and community college practices
Dropouts, diplomas, and dollars: U.S. high schools and the nation's economy
The Working Poor Families Project
Schools, skills, and synapses
Critical conditions for equity and diversity in college access: Informing policy and monitoring results
See Forever Foundation
The future workforce of Indiana
Learning better together: The impact of learning communities on the persistence of low-income students
It's not about the cut score: Redesigning placement assessment policy to improve student success
Test drive: Six states pilot better ways to measure and compare community college performance
Pushing the envelope: State policy innovations in financing postsecondary education for workers who study
College access and success state data
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
The learning communities demonstration: Rationale, sites, and research design
The impact of postsecondary remediation using a regression discontinuity approach: Addressing endogenous sorting and noncompliance
Starting right: A first look at engaging entering students
Top gainers: Some public four-year colleges and universities make big improvements in minority graduation rates
Expanding access and opportunity: The impact of the Gates Millennium Scholars program (2010 Update)
Current challenges and opportunities in preparing rural high school students for success in college and careers: What federal policymakers need to know
Promising practices: What works in the Midwest: New approaches to improving college access, persistence, and success: Three exemplary postsecondary opportunity programs
Children's Defense Fund State Factsheets
Toward reduced poverty across generations: Early findings from New York City's conditional cash transfer program
The Equity Scorecard: A collaborative approach to assess and respond to racial and ethnic disparities in student outcomes
Baccalaureate success of transfers and rising four-year college juniors
Race to the Top: Accelerating college and career readiness in states: Low-performing schools
Transfer access from community colleges and the distribution of elite higher education
College readiness brief: Academic rigor: At the heart of college access and 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
Opportunity adrift: Our flagship universities are straying from their public mission
Bridging the gaps to success: Promising practices for promoting transfer among low-income and first generation students: An in-depth study of six exemplary community colleges in Texas
On the cusp in California: How PreK-3rd strategies could improve education in the Golden State
Best practices in statewide articulation and transfer systems
Chasing the same dream, climbing different ladders: Economic mobility in the United States and Canada
The workplace realities
Interview with Anthony P. Carnevale
Homeless & ReEntry Helpers Resource Center
A portrait of low-income young adults in education
SREB/Go Alliance
FloridaCAN! Empowering communities to work alongside our schools for student success
Help wanted: Projections of jobs and education requirements through 2018
Advancing by degrees: A framework for increasing college completion
Foster youth who have succeeded in higher education: Common themes
Florida policy options to accelerate Latino student success in higher education
College readiness for all: The challenge for urban high schools
Doing more with less: The inequitable funding of community colleges
Helping former foster youth graduate from college: Campus support programs in California and Washington state
Are you gainfully employed? Setting standards for for-profit degrees
Higher education web portals: Serving state and student transfer needs
Next generation learning: The intelligent use of technology to develop innovative learning models and personalized educational pathways
Degree completion beyond institutional borders: Responding to the new reality of mobile and non-traditional learners
Dollars for degrees: Financial aid and its impact on post-secondary degree completion in Texas
How military veterans are using the post-9/11 GI Bill and adapting to life in college
Getting what we pay for: State community college funding strategies that benefit low-income, lower-skilled students
Modeling the role of community colleges in increasing educational attainment and workforce preparedness
Evaluating programs for community college students: How do we know what works?
Framework for providing all students an opportunity to learn through reauthorization of the elementary and secondary education act
Building a learning agenda around disconnected youth
The college completion agenda: State policy guide
Improving public education: A guide for donors to make a difference
Setting statewide college- and career-ready goals
Strong foundations: The state of postsecondary data systems
Suspended education: Urban middle schools in crisis
Back on track to college: A Texas school district leverages state policy to put dropouts back on the path to success
Does extending foster care beyond age 18 promote postsecondary educational attainment?
Complete to compete: Common college completion metrics
Effectiveness of fully online courses for college students: Response to a department of education meta-analysis
New approaches to improving college access, persistence, and success: Three exemplary postsecondary opportunity programs
Business Higher Education Forum (BHEF)