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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
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Direct linkJoseph 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 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
Mulhern, Christine; Hyde, Kelly; Morales, Sam; Anderson, Drew M.; Phillips, Brian; Huguet, Alice – RAND Corporation, 2023
Community colleges enroll a diverse set of students who often face challenges meeting their basic needs. This report describes the potential benefits and costs of one low-cost and relatively light-touch tool that colleges might use to increase students' access to basic needs assistance. The authors focus on the Findhelp platform, which is modeled…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Program Implementation, Program Costs, Program Effectiveness
Shannon Orr – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2024
Student food insecurity is associated with lower grades, depression, higher perceived stress and lower graduation rates. Campuses across the country are responding to the problem in a variety of ways, including distribution of food directly to students through food pantries. This research is based on a national survey of campus food pantries to…
Descriptors: Food, Hunger, Program Implementation, Student Needs
Andrea Tirado; Rosalyn Rodriguez – Office of Assessment, Research, and Data Analysis, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2025
Title IX of the Every Student Succeeds Act (2015) provides the Department of Education with funds to award grants to enable states and districts to deliver services to families living in unstable housing situations. The Project UP-START Program (Project UP-START) is a District program designed to identify students living in unstable housing and to…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Homeless People, Grants
Kelvin Herrera-Hassan – Online Submission, 2024
This study investigates the impact of summer bridge programs on the transition, engagement, and retention of Black male students at predominantly White institutions (PWIs). Black males continue to face significant challenges in higher education, including low retention rates and limited feelings of belonging. The purpose of this mixed-methods…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, African American Students, Males
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2025
The General Appropriations Act, Senate Bill 1, Article III, Special Provisions, Section 45, 89th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, for the 2026-27 biennium directs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB or Coordinating Board) to submit an annual report that presents the goals and practices of Texas public general academic…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, State Legislation, Higher Education, Universities
Kri Burkander; Dae Kim; Mark Duffy; Lindsey Liu; Taylor Stenley; Keerthanya Rajesh; Sean Vannata – Research for Action, 2024
Research for Action (RFA) in partnership with the University of Texas at Austin is engaged in a five-year mixed-methods study of the reforms associated with California AB 705. Over the course of the study, our team will assess the implementation, impact, and cost effectiveness of reforms associated with the law. This second interim report,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Program Implementation
Spears-Boyd, Amy; Koch, Allison; Rucker, Denika – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this phenomenological case study was to better understand the lived experiences of students enrolled in the Boyker-Anoroc Bridge Program. The Bridge Program was designed to increase the persistence of underrepresented minority (URM) graduate students in STEM doctoral programs. The participants in the study recounted their…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Disproportionate Representation, STEM Education, Masters Programs
Rucker, Denika; Koch, Allison; Spears-Boyd, Amy – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this phenomenological case study was to better understand the lived experiences of students enrolled in the Boyker-Anoroc Bridge Program. The Bridge Program was designed to increase the persistence of underrepresented minority (URM) graduate students in STEM doctoral programs. The participants in the study recounted their…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Disproportionate Representation, STEM Education, Masters Programs
Patel, Pooja; Ward, James Dean – ITHAKA S+R, 2023
As of 2023, 43.6 million borrowers owe more than $1.7 trillion in student loan debt. However, there is another, often overlooked, institutional debt that students may owe their former institutions after stopping out. It is estimated that 6.6 million students owe $15 billion in unpaid balances to their institutions. This institutional debt stems…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Debt (Financial), Stopouts, College Credits
Tracy Demchuk; Elizabeth A. Rainey – Texas Education Review, 2024
This study illuminates the rich and unique experiences of alumni who successfully completed a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.). During two open-ended interview sessions, eight participants revealed the barriers they encountered and successfully navigated to complete their doctoral programs. Some findings align with previously known barriers from extant…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Doctoral Programs, College Graduates, Student Experience
Student Engagement in a Collegiate Science and Technology Program for Underrepresented STEM Students
Elmer-Rico E. Mojica; Brian R. Evans; Matthew Marcello – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2025
Supporting underrepresented students in STEM majors is critical for student retention. The Collegiate Science and Technology Program (CSTEP) grant has the purpose to build community among participants, help them feel connected, provide supportive programming, and retain them both in college and within STEM majors. This study used a mixed-methods…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Majors (Students), Disproportionate Representation, College Students
Lesley Harbon; Ruth Fielding – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2025
This paper explores secondary school students' investment in their language learning after having graduated from one of four bilingual (also termed Content and Language Integrated Language (CLIL)) primary school programs in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. We show the different study pathways pursued by a selection of students and illustrate…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Self Concept, Academic Persistence, Second Language Instruction
