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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 linkSletten, Mira Aaboen; Tøge, Anne Grete; Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2023
This cluster-randomised study investigated the effects of a Norwegian early warning system, the IKO model. IKO is a Norwegian acronym for identification, assessment, and follow-up, and the model aims to improve schools' abilities to identify and support students who are at risk of dropping out during the school year. The study involved 7677…
Descriptors: Attendance, Comparative Analysis, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries
Annah Vimbai Bengesai; Lateef Babatunde Amusa – Cogent Education, 2024
Academic Development Programmes (ADPs) are a distinct category of South African Higher Education that aims to provide alternative access to students who meet the minimum entry requirements for university but not necessarily for the particular academic programme of their choice. Although these programmes have existed for over 30 years, limited…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, College Programs, Academic Persistence
Acosta-Nijamkin, Brittany – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This Educational Leadership Portfolio (ELP) examines the implementation of targeted interventions to increase the recruitment and retention of members with varying diverse identities within Delta Phi Epsilon International Sorority. Sorority membership benefits students through higher level academic performance and ultimately increased retention…
Descriptors: Student Recruitment, Sororities, Fraternities, Student Diversity
Lowder, Christopher; O'Brien, Chris; Hancock, Dawson; Hachen, Jeremy; Wang, Chuang – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2022
The transition into high school is a critical time to act for students with a history of academic difficulty. In this study, researchers examined the impact of a learning strategies intervention program called High School Success on performance of students demonstrating deficits in literacy and academic skills. Data were collected on performance…
Descriptors: High School Students, Academic Achievement, Learning Strategies, Intervention
Matilda A. Frick; Johan Isaksson; Sofia Vadlin; Susanne Olofsdotter – Youth & Society, 2024
Using a three-wave (mean age 14.4, 17.4, and 20.4 years) longitudinal design (N = 1,834; 55.6% females), we set out to map direct and indirect effects of adolescent peer victimization and mental health on academic achievement in early adulthood, and the buffering effect of positive family relations. Data was collected in Sweden 2012 to 2018. We…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Adolescents, Victims, Mental Health
Sarah Bilotti – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The evolving educational landscape of our students' needs post-Covid has highlighted that student response to intervention must be of concern to all educators. Our student population has experienced an event that is like no other in our shared educational histories and our response to the aftermath of this event and how we assist students who are…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Educational Policy, Multi Tiered Systems of Support, At Risk Students
Trey Miller; Holly Kosiewicz; Melissa Martinez; Kelley Glover; Genna Campain; Rodney Andrews – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2025
While most community college students enroll part-time, there is little evidence on how to effectively improve college attainment of part-time students. This mixed methods study, situated in Texas, addresses this research gap by developing a more complete understanding of the part-time student population, their challenges and needs, as well as the…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Community Colleges, Student Needs, Part Time Students
Kristy Clementina Perez – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The college enrollment and graduation rates of Black and Latino males continues to be a persistent higher education problem. Furthermore, institutions of higher education fail the interests and educational advancement of Black and Latino men by many measures such as retention and college completion rates. More specifically, institutionalized…
Descriptors: College Students, Males, Blacks, African American Students
Guiberson, Mark; Vining, Christine B. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2023
This scoping review examined the existing research to identify culturally responsive and Indigenous language strategies. A five-stage scoping review methodology was applied to a multiple database search, and a web-based literature review software program was used to organize and review sources, resulting in a total of 33 sources. Data were charted…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Teaching Methods, Research Reports, Databases
Houston Independent School District, 2022
There are approximately 200,000 students in Houston Independent School District (HISD), and many of them are recent immigrants who have been in the United States for three years or less. In recent years, the number of immigrant students in the district has increased dramatically, with over 11,000 enrolled in each of the past seven years. In fact,…
Descriptors: School Districts, Immigrants, English Language Learners, Enrollment Trends
Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Balfanz, Robert – Harvard Education Press, 2021
"Continuous Improvement in High Schools" gives educators and policymakers an accessible, actionable framework to address one of the nation's most important educational priorities: improving high school graduation and postsecondary preparedness rates. Martha Abele Mac Iver and Robert Balfanz, national experts in dropout prevention, apply…
Descriptors: High Schools, High School Students, Graduation Rate, College Readiness
Houston Independent School District, 2022
There are close to 200,000 students in Houston Independent School District (ISD), and many of them are recent immigrants who have been in the United States for three years or less. In recent years, the number of immigrant students in the district has increased dramatically, with over 11,000 enrolled in each of the past eight years. In fact, nearly…
Descriptors: School Districts, Immigrants, Enrollment Trends, Student Characteristics
O'Malley, Timothy James – ProQuest LLC, 2019
As federal and state involvement in higher education has evolved over the last century, increased funding preceded new measures of accountability. Even with a more diverse student population, the graduation rates for bachelor's seeking students has stayed the same for nearly 40 years. Student retention and departure theories have imparted a rich…
Descriptors: Identification, Accountability, College Students, Graduation Rate
Paul T. Von Hippel; Alvaro Hofflinger – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2021
Enrolment in higher education has risen dramatically in Latin America, especially in Chile. Yet graduation and persistence rates remain low. One way to improve graduation and persistence is to use data and analytics to identify students at risk of dropout, target interventions, and evaluate interventions' effectiveness at improving student…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Dropouts, Intervention, Foreign Countries
