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Bettinger, Eric – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2015
This article exploits a natural experiment to estimate the effects of need-based aid policies on first-year college persistence rates. In fall 2006, Ohio abruptly adopted a new state financial aid policy that was significantly more generous than the previous plan. Using student-level data and very narrowly defined sets of students, I estimate a…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Grants, Academic Persistence, College Students
California Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office, 2015
California's community colleges continue to play a crucial role in the state's economy by providing students with the skills and knowledge to succeed and by advancing the economic growth and global competitiveness of California and its regional economies through the Economic and Workforce Development Program (EWD). Under the Doing What Matters for…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Labor Force Development, Community Colleges, State Programs
Rheinheimer, David C.; Grace-Odeleye, Beverlyn; Francois, Germain E.; Kusorgbor, Cynthia – Learning Assistance Review, 2010
A longitudinal research study was conducted at a public university in Pennsylvania on a sample of 129 at-risk students from a state-funded program (Act 101) designed to provide support services for economically and educationally disadvantaged students. This research employed a non-experimental, ex post facto methodology to assess the impact of…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, At Risk Students, Credits
National Science Foundation, 2008
This report contains analyses of key aspects of the scope, quality, and vitality of the Nation's science and engineering enterprise and global science and technology. The report presents information on science, mathematics, and engineering education at all levels; the scientific and engineering workforce; U.S. and international and development…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Research and Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering
Siebert, Ivan N., Comp.; Waddell, Jerry N., Comp.; Murphy, Louise R., Comp. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
The initiation of the educational records and reports study by the Office of Education in 1951 marked a turning point in the Federal State teamwork approach toward providing a basis for complete, accurate, and comparable educational information. In cooperation with State education agencies and professional groups, three major handbooks of standard…
Descriptors: Educational History, Federal State Relationship, Student Records, Reports