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Direct linkVarga, Shannon M.; Margolius, Max; Yan, Catalina Tang; Cole, Marissa L.; Zaff, Jonathan F. – America's Promise Alliance, 2017
Youth whose First Language is Not English (FLNE)--an umbrella term that includes English Learners (ELs), youth who have reached English proficiency, and other nonnative English speakers who have never been enrolled in a formal EL program (see Figure 1)--represent the fastest growing segment of the United States public school population. Despite…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, English Language Learners, Academic Achievement, Student Experience
Download full textMiller, Abby; Erisman, Wendy – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2011
The objectives of this research were to identify: 1) promising institutional practices for retaining and graduating low-income, first-generation community college transfer students at four-year institutions, including any transfer-specific support systems; 2) outcomes of transfer students (i.e., graduation rates) at four-year institutions in…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Low Income Groups, Economically Disadvantaged, College Transfer Students
How to Graduate High-Risk Students: Lessons from Successful For-Profit Colleges and Schools in Texas
Frishberg, Ellen; Lee, John B.; Fletcher, Carla; Webster, Jeff – TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation), 2010
This project studied four career college and school campuses in Texas that had higher than average graduation rates and lower than average student loan default rates to determine what they did to achieve these positive outcomes. The visits to the campuses found that a conscious, concerted effort to integrate students into the academic and social…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Students, School Holding Power, Student Financial Aid
