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Guzman, Tatyana – Journal of Education Finance, 2018
This paper studies the effectiveness of individual federal income tax credits and deductions that are made available to college students and their families who satisfy income and certain other eligibility requirements. Such credits and deductions are collectively called "tax-based aid." Tax-based aid is found here to have a limited…
Descriptors: Tax Credits, Student Financial Aid, Paying for College, Enrollment
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) reviews in this topic area focus on dropout prevention interventions designed for use in secondary school (middle school, junior high school, and high school) or community-based settings to help students stay in school, progress in school, and/or complete school. Systematic reviews of evidence in this topic area…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Dropout Prevention, Intervention, Secondary School Students
Wilkins, Julia – National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, 2011
High school students with disabilities who drop out are costly to society. Compared to those who graduate, they are more likely to be unemployed, dependent on public services, and involved in the criminal justice system. Consequently, helping students with disabilities graduate has become a prominent national concern. Students with disabilities…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dropouts, Disabilities, Reentry Students
Wilkins, Julia – National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, 2011
High school students with disabilities who drop out are costly to society. Compared to those who graduate, they are more likely to be unemployed, dependent on public services, and involved in the criminal justice system. Consequently, helping students with disabilities graduate has become a prominent national concern. Students with disabilities…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dropouts, Disabilities, Reentry Students
Wilkins, Julia – National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, 2011
High school students with disabilities who drop out are costly to society. Compared to those who graduate, they are more likely to be unemployed, dependent on public services, and involved in the criminal justice system. Consequently, helping students with disabilities graduate has become a prominent national concern. Students with disabilities…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dropouts, Disabilities, Reentry Students
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Perin, Dolores; Flugman, Bert; Spiegel, Seymour – Adult Basic Education: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Adult Literacy Educational Planning, 2006
In a case study of four urban adult basic education programs in a northeastern state, large increases in the participation of 16- to 20-year-old students were found. Many of these students were reading below the fifth-grade level despite aspiring to the General Education Development (GED) diploma. Reasons for youth participation included increased…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Dropouts, Dropout Research, Dropout Programs