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Direct linkJustin C. Ortagus; Hope Allchin; Benjamin Skinner; Melvin Tanner; Isaac McFarlin – Education Finance and Policy, 2025
Most students who begin at a community college do not complete their desired credential. Many students fail to graduate due to various barriers other than their academic performance. To encourage previously successful non-completers to re-enroll and eventually graduate, a growing number of community colleges have implemented re-enrollment…
Descriptors: Community College Students, College Enrollment, Dropouts, Academic Persistence
Stacey L. Brockman; Jasmina Camo-Biogradlija; Alyssa Ratledge; Rebekah O'Donoghue; Micah Y. Baum; Brian Jacob – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2025
Detroit students who obtain a college degree overcome many obstacles to do so. This article reports the results of a randomized evaluation of a program meant to provide support to low-income community college students. The Detroit Promise Path program was designed to complement an existing College Promise scholarship, providing students with…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Low Income Students, Community College Students, Program Effectiveness
Lesley J. Turner; Oded Gurantz – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2024
College attendance has increased significantly over the last few decades, but dropout rates remain high, with fewer than half of all adults ultimately obtaining a postsecondary credential. This project investigates whether one-on-one college coaching improves college attendance and completion outcomes for former low- and middle-income income state…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Coaching (Performance), Program Effectiveness, Academic Persistence
Download full textMarbella Uriostegui; Leanne Davis; Pablo Lopez Trujillo; Manuel Vazquez – Education Northwest, 2025
California Reconnect is a three-year initiative (2023-2026) led by InsideTrack, in partnership with the Institute for Higher Education Policy, to support re-enrollment and success of learners with some college but no credential (SCNC). Education Northwest is conducting a multi-year mixed-methods evaluation of the initiative. This interim…
Descriptors: Reentry Students, College Enrollment, Outreach Programs, Program Effectiveness
Eleanor Gentry-Harris – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This paper presents a comprehensive research project aimed at investigating the transitional supports necessary for nontraditional students both prior to and following their entry into higher education. The overarching research question guiding this study is, in which states does the YouthBuild Program appear to be most effective? This research…
Descriptors: Youth, Nontraditional Students, Higher Education, School Transition
Cyrette 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
D. Patrick Saxon; Andi L. Thomas; Autumn B. McKelvey – Learning Assistance Review, 2024
This work examines what appears to be the most effective comprehensive learning support program ever available for underprepared college students. The Accelerated Study in Associate Programs initiative was designed and implemented at the City University of New York Community Colleges. It offers a wide range of integrated college acclimation,…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Student Adjustment
Erin E. Shortlidge; MacKenzie J. Gray; Suzanne Estes; Emma C. Goodwin – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
In response to unwaveringly high attrition from STEM pathways, STEM Intervention Programs (SIPs) support STEM students in effort to increase retention. Using mixed methods (survey and focus groups), we studied students at one university who were either supported or unsupported by SIPs to understand how students may differ in experiences believed…
Descriptors: College Students, STEM Education, Intervention, Academic Persistence
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
Penelope Espinoza; Gaspare M. Genna – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2024
Research has yielded much evidence that investing in postsecondary interventions increases retention and success for Hispanic/Latinx undergraduates. This study examines one such intervention, funded by Title V and implemented at a large public Hispanic-Serving Institution, developed to improve semester-to-semester retention. Faculty and peer…
Descriptors: Minority Serving Institutions, Hispanic American Students, Undergraduate Students, Academic Persistence
Jenny E. Bennett; Michael L. Pate; Kellie J. Enns; Michelle S. Burrows; Nathan Clark; W. Marshall Frasier – NACTA Journal, 2025
Historically, agricultural colleges have primarily attracted students with prior experience in agriculture. However, there is a growing trend of students enrolling without such backgrounds. Recent research emphasizes the need for agricultural colleges to adopt innovative strategies that address the evolving needs of their student body, fostering…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Agricultural Colleges, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
What Works Clearinghouse, 2022
"Social Belonging" interventions for college students aim to reduce the impacts of negative stereotypes that may burden students in underrepresented groups and affect their persistence in college. This What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) report, part of the WWC's Supporting Postsecondary Success topic area, explores the effects of…
Descriptors: College Students, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Minority Group Students
Edna Orozco – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) areas are one of the fastest-growing majors in the nation, engineering, is projected to add the second largest number of new jobs from 2016 to 2026 with 140,000 new jobs (Torpey, 2018). Unfortunately, there is a disparity between enrollment and graduation rates (Chen, 2015; Lucas &…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Academic Persistence, STEM Careers, Intervention
Stephen P. Ostendorff – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As the enrollment cliff, fueled by declining birthrates and fewer students graduating from high school, continues to challenge colleges and universities to find new enrollment and revenue streams, one area of opportunity is increasing the enrollment of adult learners in on-campus, hybrid, and online programs. Colleges, like Northeast Religious…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Higher Education, School Holding Power, Intervention
Kurtz, Gila; Kopolovich, Orna; Segev, Elad; Sahar-Inbar, Limor; Gal, Lilach; Hammer, Ronen – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2022
Although Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are increasing in popularity, they have been subject to criticism due to the high dropout rate. This study examined the impact of an instructor's personalized email intervention on the rate of completion of a nine week course, which included seven weekly quizzes, and the rate of completion of the final…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Mail, Intervention, Academic Persistence
