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Download full textWhat Works Clearinghouse, 2020
"Success Boston Coaching" is a coaching intervention for students who are traditionally underrepresented in college to help them transition from high school to college and progress in college. Students are paired with a dedicated coach starting as early as the spring of their senior year of high school and receive coaching through their…
Descriptors: Intervention, Coaching (Performance), At Risk Students, Transitional Programs
What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
"Success Boston Coaching" is a coaching intervention for students who are traditionally underrepresented in college to help them transition from high school to college and progress in college. Students are paired with a dedicated coach starting as early as the spring of their senior year of high school and receive coaching through their…
Descriptors: Intervention, Coaching (Performance), At Risk Students, Transitional Programs
What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
"Success Boston Coaching" is a coaching intervention for students who are traditionally underrepresented in college to help them transition from high school to college and progress in college. Students are paired with a dedicated coach starting as early as the spring of their senior year of high school and receive coaching through their…
Descriptors: Intervention, Coaching (Performance), At Risk Students, Transitional Programs
Lalonde, Trent; Tsai, Chia-Lin; Clemens, Elysia V.; Myers, Kristin; Sheesley, Alison P.; Tolliver, Liz; McElhinney, Christie – Grantee Submission, 2020
Three out of four jobs now require education or training beyond high school, yet some students face formidable barriers to attending college. Disruptions to K-12 education, trauma, loss, food insecurity, and housing instability are known impediments to the educational success of youth who have been in foster care. These types of challenges may…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Barriers, Postsecondary Education, Access to Education
Holt, Janet K.; White, Bradford R.; Terrell, Sarah K. – Illinois Education Research Council, 2017
In 2016, a higher education task force of St. Louis Graduates (STLG), a collaborative network whose mission is to increase degree completion for low income students, first-generation students, and students of color from St. Louis, commissioned this study from the Illinois Education Research Council (IERC). Through discussion, the following goals…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, At Risk Students, Low Income Groups, First Generation College Students
Holt, Janet K.; White, Bradford R.; Terrell, Sarah K. – Illinois Education Research Council, 2017
The higher education landscape is becoming increasingly more adverse for students of color, first-generation students, and low-income students. Postsecondary enrollment and completion rates for traditionally underrepresented populations continue to be disproportionately lower than for their more advantaged peers (Chen & Carroll, 2005; Nunez…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, At Risk Students, Low Income Groups, First Generation College Students
Holt, Janet K.; White, Bradford R.; Terrell, Sarah K. – Illinois Education Research Council, 2017
In 2016, a higher education task force of St. Louis Graduates (STLG), a collaborative network whose mission is to increase degree completion for low income students, first-generation students, and students of color from St. Louis, commissioned this study from the Illinois Education Research Council (IERC). Through discussion, the following goals…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, At Risk Students, Low Income Groups, First Generation College Students
Venezia, Andrea; Jaeger, Laura – Future of Children, 2013
The vast majority of high school students aspire to some kind of postsecondary education, yet far too many of them enter college without the basic content knowledge, skills, or habits of mind they need to succeed. Andrea Venezia and Laura Jaeger look at the state of college readiness among high school students, the effectiveness of programs in…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Postsecondary Education, College Preparation, College Readiness
Land, Christy W.; Ziomek-Daigle, Jolie – Georgia School Counselors Association Journal, 2013
First generation college students have more difficulty preparing for and succeeding in post-secondary institutions. Informed by the literature review and relevant research the school counselor presents a small group design for high school students in their junior year. This small group plan for first generation college students addresses issues of…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, College Preparation, High School Students, College Bound Students
Spradlin, Terry E.; Burroughs, Nathan A.; Rutkowski, David J.; Lang, Justin R. – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2010
Previous reports by the Center for Evaluation & Education Policy (CEEP) on higher education have dealt with topics such as trends in college remediation courses (Plucker, Wongsarpigoon, & Houser, 2003), post-secondary credit-based transition programs (Plucker, Chieu, & Zaman, 2006), university sponsorship of charter schools (Plucker et…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power
