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Download full textDachelet, Karole; Goldrick-Rab, Sara – Online Submission, 2015
The rising price of a college education often leaves students strapped for cash and without the financial resources necessary to succeed in school and cover their basic needs, such as housing and food. These students are living on the edge, and a financial emergency can derail their dreams of obtaining college degrees. The contemporary financial…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Barriers, Student Financial Aid, Grants
Direct linkMcConville, Shannon; Bohn, Sarah; Brooks, Bonnie – Public Policy Institute of California, 2020
These are the technical appendices for the report, "Supporting Student Parents in Community College CalWORKs Programs." The appendices include: (1) CalWORKs and EOPS Programs at California Community Colleges; (2) Survey of Program Directors; (3) Survey Instrument; (4) Survey Summary Statistics; and (5) Analysis of CalWORKs Students.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Parents, Child Rearing
Baldassare, Mark; Bonner, Dean; Dykman, Alyssa; Lopes, Lunna – Public Policy Institute of California, 2018
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) Statewide Survey delivers objective, advocacy-free information on the perceptions, opinions, and public policy preferences of California residents. PPIC invites input, comments, and suggestions from policy and public opinion experts and from its own advisory committee, but survey methods, questions,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Policy, Paying for College, Public Opinion
Kashen, Julie – Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success, 2014
The Benefits Access for College Completion (BACC) initiative funds innovative approaches to increase the number of students earning postsecondary credentials by connecting students to public benefits in seven community and technical colleges across the country. BACC was launched in September 2011 to help colleges develop and institutionalize…
Descriptors: Guides, Student Financial Aid, College Students, Colleges
Walters, Nancy; DeSalvo, Alaina; Shafer, Shakiya – Minnesota Office of Higher Education, 2017
Minnesota's Intervention for College Attendance Program (ICAP) is a program of competitive grants awarded to postsecondary institutions, professional organizations and community-based organizations. Funded programs focus on increasing the access and success of groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education by strengthening their…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intervention, College Preparation, Enrichment Activities
Scherer, Ethan; Ryan, Sarah; Daugherty, Lindsay; Schweig, Jonathan David; Bozick, Robert; Gonzalez, Gabriella C. – RAND Corporation, 2014
In 2009, the City of New Haven and New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) announced a sweeping K-12 educational reform, New Haven School Change. The district had three primary goals for School Change: (1) close the gap between the performance of NHPS students' and Connecticut students' averages on state tests, (2) cut the high school dropout rate in…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Achievement Gap
Gorgol, Laura E.; Sponsler, Brian A. – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2011
As policymakers consider ways to increase educational attainment, generate future economic growth, and reduce public expenditures, educational opportunity for the incarcerated population should be a meaningful component of policy strategies. Designed to increase knowledge about how states are providing postsecondary education to incarcerated…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
Walters, Nancy; Mixon, Joel D.; Oliver, Nekey – Minnesota Office of Higher Education, 2015
Minnesota's Intervention for College Attendance Program (ICAP) is a program of competitive grants awarded to postsecondary institutions, professional organizations and community-based organizations. Funded programs focus on increasing the access and success of groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education by strengthening their…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intervention, College Preparation, Enrichment Activities
National Council on Disability, 2017
Strong mental and behavioral health supports on campus can improve the academic performance of students and increase their resilience and ability to handle stress, with reduced suicide rates, substance abuse, and eating disorders, but this study reveals that students with mental health disabilities continue to face barriers to accessing counseling…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Campuses, Student Needs, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
Baldassare, Mark; Bonner, Dean; Petek, Sonja; Shrestha, Jui – Public Policy Institute of California, 2011
This survey was conducted with funding from The James Irvine Foundation. Its goal is to inform state policymakers, encourage discussion, and raise public awareness about Californians' opinions on issues affecting the state's public colleges and universities. It is the fifth annual PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California) Statewide Survey on…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Policy, Paying for College, Public Opinion
Bell, Allison C.; Carnahan, Julie; L'Orange, Hans P. – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2011
This report, "State Tuition, Fees, and Financial Assistance Policies for Public Colleges and Universities: 2010-11", examines the philosophies, policies, and procedures that influence decision-making regarding public college and university tuition, student fees, and student financial aid programs. This report also provides information…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Colleges, State Agencies, Student Financial Aid
Walters, Nancy; Williams-Wyche, Shaun – Minnesota Office of Higher Education, 2013
Minnesota's Intervention for College Attendance Program (ICAP) is a program of competitive grants awarded to postsecondary institutions, professional organizations and community-based organizations. Funded programs focus on increasing the access and success of groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education by strengthening their…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intervention, College Preparation, Enrichment Activities
Korb, Roslyn; And Others – 1988
The first in a series of National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) reports on undergraduates presents NPSAS data to policymakers and other interested parties. It examines the education expenses of undergraduates who were enrolled in a postsecondary institution in the fall of 1986 and the methods by which they financed these expenses. This…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Finance, Enrollment Influences, Federal Aid
Jensen, Carol A. – Online Submission, 2008
The cost of attending college has surpassed federal financial aid limits and fewer parents are paying the balance. As private lenders have been targeting undergraduate students to obtain private (alternative) loans to fill the financial gap, many students do not have parents or other adults to help them navigate one of the largest financial…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Loan Programs, Counseling Effectiveness, Paying for College
Baldassare, Mark; Bonner, Dean; Petek, Sonja; Willcoxon, Nicole – Public Policy Institute of California, 2010
This edition of the PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California) Statewide Survey is the fourth in a series of surveys funded by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation focusing on higher education. This survey seeks to inform state policymakers, encourage discussion, and raise public awareness about the state's public higher education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Policy, Paying for College, Public Opinion
