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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
Direct linkRossman, Daniel; Kurzweil, Martin; Lewis, Bethany – ITHAKA S+R, 2023
Monitoring Advising Analytics to Promote Success (MAAPS)is a multi-institutional project of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) initially funded and supported by a US Department of Education First in the World Grant to Georgia State, the lead UIA member on this project. MAAPS is a large-scale randomized-controlled trial designed to validate…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Low Income Students, First Generation College Students, College Students
Janis L. Ulicny – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Much research has been conducted to indicate that the freshman year of high school has an impact on a student's potential graduation from high school. Existing literature reveals that through the evolution of education in the United States, schools have been forced to place a strong emphasis on graduation. Many factors, including academic success,…
Descriptors: High School Freshmen, Program Evaluation, Graduation Rate, Student Adjustment
Rossman, Daniel; Alamuddin, Rayane; Kurzweil, Martin; Karon, Julia – ITHAKA S+R, 2021
Monitoring Advising Analytics to Promote Success (MAAPS)is a multi-institutional project of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) initially funded and supported by a US Department of Education First in the World Grant to Georgia State, the lead UIA member on this project. MAAPS is a large-scale randomized-controlled trial designed to validate…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Low Income Students, First Generation College Students, College Students
Colin Hill; Kayla Warner; Colleen Sommo – MDRC, 2025
Obtaining a degree from a community college is a strong pathway to numerous career opportunities for students from low-income backgrounds. Unfortunately, graduation rates from community colleges are often very low, so many students do not reap the benefits of a degree. With the goal of increasing graduation rates, three community colleges in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Graduation Rate, Acceleration (Education), Models
Miller, Cynthia; Headlam, Camielle; Manno, Michelle; Cullinan, Dan – MDRC, 2020
The nation's community colleges play a central role in producing a more educated workforce and promoting social mobility. They serve about 40 percent of all college students and, not surprisingly, they serve a disproportionate number of low-income and underrepresented students. But most students who enter these colleges do not graduate--only about…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Graduation Rate, Acceleration (Education)
Peer reviewedWhat Works Clearinghouse, 2019
This What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) report, part of the WWC's Supporting Postsecondary Success topic area, explores the effects of "Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP)" on enrollment, credit accumulation, and graduation rates. The WWC identified 11 studies of "ASAP," and two studies meet WWC standards. The evidence…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Programs, Program Effectiveness, Enrollment
Sommo, Colleen; Cullinan, Dan; Manno, Michelle – MDRC, 2018
While the United States has made strides in increasing college access among low-income students, college completion has remained low. Graduation rates are particularly low at the nation's community colleges, which enroll a disproportionate percentage of low-income and nontraditional college students. Seeking to address this problem, in 2014 three…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Low Income Students
What Works Clearinghouse, 2019
Enrolling in college and completing a degree or certificate is one of the primary pathways to economic success. In 2017, median weekly earnings of full-time workers with an associate degree was 17 percent higher than full-time workers with a high school diploma only. Despite the economic advantages of educational attainment, only 32 percent of…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Programs, Program Effectiveness, Enrollment
Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP). Intervention Brief. Supporting Postsecondary Success
What Works Clearinghouse, 2019
This What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) report, part of the WWC's Supporting Postsecondary Success topic area, explores the effects of "Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP)" on enrollment, credit accumulation, and graduation rates. The WWC identified 11 studies of "ASAP," two of which met WWC standards. The evidence…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Programs, Program Effectiveness, Enrollment
Headlam, Camielle – MDRC, 2018
In 2014, as part of the Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) Ohio Demonstration, Lorain County Community College launched Students Accelerating in Learning (SAIL), a comprehensive student success program that is substantially improving persistence and graduation rates among low-income students. Given the program's results, Lorain has…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Acceleration (Education), Community Colleges, College Programs
David Weathington – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to understand how low-income Black male community college students who attend a male engagement program describe their experiences with the intersection of race and gender plays a role in their persistence towards graduating in Midwest, Ohio. Through 45-120-minute, semi-structured, open-ended,…
Descriptors: Community College Students, African American Students, Males, Low Income Students
Demers, Alicia; Goesling, Brian; Wen, Andrew; Spiegel, Jennifer – Mathematica, 2022
Among programs designed to reduce teen pregnancy, few evidence-based interventions specifically aim to reduce repeat pregnancies. Repeat pregnancies among adolescent mothers, however, are both prevalent and consequential. About one-sixth of births to adolescent mothers are repeat births. Compared to adolescent mothers with only one child, those…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Mothers, Adolescents, Early Parenthood
Mengli Song; Kyle Neering; Kristina L. Zeiser; Robert Schwarzhaupt; Sara Mitchell – American Educational Research Journal, 2024
Utilizing a lottery-based natural experiment, this study assessed the longer-term impact of early colleges on postsecondary degree attainment. It found that early colleges significantly increased the overall degree completion and associate degree completion rates within 10 years of expected high school graduation. While the impact on bachelor's…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Graduation Rate, Educational Attainment, Academic Degrees
Hill, Colin; Sommo, Colleen; Warner, Kayla – MDRC, 2023
Community colleges in the United States, which serve a disproportionate number of students from low-income backgrounds, can provide a valuable pathway toward well-paying careers. However, graduation rates at community colleges are very low--among first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students who enter public two-year schools, only 29 percent…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Models, Acceleration (Education), Program Implementation
