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Download full textCyrette Saunier; Susan Scrivener; Austin Slaughter; Noor Amanullah; Sukanya Barman; Cynthia Miller; Colleen Sommo; Erick Alonzo, Contributor; Osvaldo Avila, Contributor; Katie Beal, Contributor; Parker Cellura, Contributor; Ben Cohen, Contributor; Stanley Dai, Contributor; Hannah Dalporto, Contributor; Claudia Escobar, Contributor; Colin Hill, Contributor; Marco Lepe, Contributor; Tiffany Morton, Contributor; Rebekah O’Donoghue, Contributor; Vivianna Plancarte, Contributor; Alyssa Ratledge, Contributor; Elena Serna-Wallender, Contributor; Andrea Vasquez, Contributor; Rae Walker, Contributor; Michelle Ware, Contributor; Kayla Warner, Contributor; Melissa Wavelet, Contributor; Michael Weiss, Contributor; Diane Wren, Contributor – MDRC, 2025
Community colleges and broad-access universities (those with minimally selective admissions policies) provide an opportunity for students across the United States to attain postsecondary degrees and achieve economic mobility. However, graduation rates from such colleges are often low and there are many obstacles that can be difficult to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Academic Persistence, Program Development, Costs
Paul G. Vallas – Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 2024
Students who have dropped out of high school--and those at risk of doing so--are at greater risk of lifelong poverty, involvement with the criminal justice system, dependence on government welfare programs, and even premature death. In the last few years, however, the problems at high schools have compounded, as pandemic-era school closures led to…
Descriptors: High Schools, Work Study Programs, At Risk Students, Dropouts
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Most students who begin at a community college do not complete their desired credential. Many students fail to graduate due to various barriers other than their academic performance. To encourage previously successful non-completers to re-enroll and eventually graduate, a growing number of community colleges have implemented re-enrollment…
Descriptors: Community College Students, College Enrollment, Dropouts, Academic Persistence
Joseph Brobst; Elizabeth Litzler; Sura Alqudah; Jill Davishahl; Andrew G. Klein – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2025
The Engaged Engineering Program (EEP) project at ABC University is a five-year Track 2 NSF S-STEM that responds to challenges in recruiting and retaining academically talented, low-socioeconomic status students from diverse backgrounds into undergraduate engineering programs. The EEP project has successfully recruited four cohorts of Scholars and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Academic Persistence, Student Diversity
Vanessa Quiroga – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The Latino population is the fastest-growing community in the United States yet falls behind in the percentage of students who successfully graduate from college compared to other cultural groups. While trends of Latino students applying to college are on the rise, many cannot successfully obtain a degree due to detrimental barriers. These…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Hispanic American Students, Outcomes of Education, Academic Persistence
Stacey L. Brockman; Jasmina Camo-Biogradlija; Alyssa Ratledge; Rebekah O'Donoghue; Micah Y. Baum; Brian Jacob – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2025
Detroit students who obtain a college degree overcome many obstacles to do so. This article reports the results of a randomized evaluation of a program meant to provide support to low-income community college students. The Detroit Promise Path program was designed to complement an existing College Promise scholarship, providing students with…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Low Income Students, Community College Students, Program Effectiveness
Jackie Hoermann-Elliott; Shawnda Smith; Mark S. Hamner; Michael Stankey – Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 2025
In response to soaring developmental education enrollments in Texas, the Pioneer Prep Program at Texas Woman's University (TWU) was designed as an alternative pathways-to-placement program for students who neither passed the Texas Success Initiative Assessment (TSIA) nor met other college-readiness benchmarks needed to enroll in college-level…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Student Placement, College English, College Mathematics
Vanessa Harwood; Lisa Macaruso; Gabriela Zuccolo; Alexa Tabile; Nina Schiarizzi-Tobin; Katharine Musella – Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2025
Purpose: An increasing number of autistic students are pursuing higher education to enhance career opportunities, achieve personal growth, and increase independence. Nonetheless, many encounter difficulties in transitioning to and thriving in this environment, despite the support offered by universities. Here, we review the preliminary data from a…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, College Freshmen, Inclusion
Lisa M. Harlan-Williams; Marcia Pomeroy; W. Todd Moore; Karin Chang; Devin C. Koestler; Emily Nissen; John Fife; Megha Ramaswamy; Danny R. Welch; Roy A. Jensen – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2024
The Accelerate Cancer Education (ACE) summer research program at The University of Kansas Cancer Center (KUCC) is a six-week, cancer-focused, summer research experience for high school students from historically marginalized populations in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Cancer affects all populations and continues to be the second leading…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Cancer, Scientific Research, High School Students
Escobar, Claudia; Friedmann, Elizabeth; Tovar, Silvia – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2023
Promise programs have grown in popularity as a way to provide college tuition/fees and other student supports in the hopes of increasing college access and success. This chapter presents results from a comprehensive mixed-methods evaluation of the Lake Tahoe Community College Promise Program. Using rich administrative data and interviews with…
Descriptors: Community Programs, College Programs, Program Evaluation, Student Satisfaction
Ryan S. Wells; Ling Chen – Educational Policy, 2025
As postsecondary developmental education policy reforms are implemented, increased attention must be given to students with learning and attention disabilities. The purpose of this study was to bring these students into the conversation, by examining their representation in developmental education broadly, as well the effect of this intervention…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Developmental Studies Programs, Disproportionate Representation
Henderson, Brit; Holman, Daron; Lacalli, Emma – Washington Student Achievement Council, 2023
Higher education offers many benefits to individuals and society--including increased employment opportunities and higher wages--and can help disrupt cycles of intergenerational poverty by improving economic outcomes for those who earn postsecondary credentials. Public community and technical colleges offer a relatively affordable, open-access…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Programs, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes
Joseph Phillip Husong – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study focused on understanding the circumstances that led to students being placed on academic probation and the effect of a support program on their academic recovery. Understanding students lived experiences that lead to academic underperformance is vital to the development and implementation of academic support programs. Ensuring that the…
Descriptors: Academic Probation, Student School Relationship, Academic Persistence, Student Experience
Jessica Grant DiVenuti Whitten – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Great Expectations is a Virginia Community College System program for youth who were in foster care after the age of 13. Foster youth enter college with multiple disadvantages, including being less academically prepared compared to their peers and often lacking social support for their education. A program evaluation was conducted at a specific…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Community Colleges, Program Implementation, Fidelity
Marbella Uriostegui; Leanne Davis; Pablo Lopez Trujillo; Manuel Vazquez – Education Northwest, 2025
California Reconnect is a three-year initiative (2023-2026) led by InsideTrack, in partnership with the Institute for Higher Education Policy, to support re-enrollment and success of learners with some college but no credential (SCNC). Education Northwest is conducting a multi-year mixed-methods evaluation of the initiative. This interim…
Descriptors: Reentry Students, College Enrollment, Outreach Programs, Program Effectiveness
