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Download full textEdmunds, Kimberly; Fonseca, Ean – Research for Action, 2011
This snapshot is a guide to the School District of Philadelphia's (the District's) 13 accelerated high schools in the 2010-11 school year. The accelerated high schools were the result of a partnership between the District and Project U-Turn, a city-wide coalition dedicated to reducing student drop-out and increasing graduation rates and readiness…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), School Activities, High Schools, Graduation Rate
Bernhardt, Jana J. – Journal of Educational Opportunity, 1997
Discusses the importance of academic advising to increase college student retention, graduation, and transfer in student-support-services programs designed for first-generation, low-income students and students with disabilities. An integrative, intrusive model of academic advising is defined, its benefits are outlined, and several successful…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Direct linkUpcraft, M. Lee, Ed.; Gardner, John N., Ed.; Barefoot, Betsy O., Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2004
An authoritative, comprehensive guide to the first year of college, this book includes the most current information about the policies, strategies, programs, and services designed to help first-year students make a successful transition to college and fulfill their educational and personal goals. Following the introduction, "The First Year of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Faculty Development, Urban Universities, Supplementary Education
