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Download full textSommo, Colleen; Ratledge, Alyssa – MDRC, 2016
Nationally, community college graduation rates remain stubbornly low, despite strides made in access--and they are particularly so for low-income students, nontraditional students, and students who need to take developmental (remedial) courses. In 2014, three schools in Ohio--Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, Cuyahoga Community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Acceleration (Education), Associate Degrees, Two Year College Students
Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn; Patel, Reshma; Brock, Thomas; de la Campa, Elijah; Rubb, Timothy; Valenzuela, Ireri – MDRC, 2015
One of the original purposes of student financial aid was to ensure fairer access to post-secondary education to those least able to afford it and to those traditionally underrepresented. Various federal and state programs were put in place to achieve this goal, including the federal Pell Grant and state aid programs. Yet policymakers and…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Scholarships, Student Financial Aid, Academic Achievement
Ware, Michelle; Patel, Reshma – MDRC, 2012
The expense of attending college is one factor that may explain why low-income students often drop out of school. In California, despite generous state aid and relatively low fees at community colleges, many low-income students still have substantial college-related costs that they cannot cover. To compound matters, federal support for students…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, State Aid, Educational Finance, Scholarships
Cha, Paulette; Patel, Reshma – MDRC, 2010
This report presents early results from a rigorous evaluation of a performance-based scholarship program that was implemented at three community colleges in Ohio during the 2008-2009 academic year. The program in Ohio that is the subject of this report is part of MDRC's national Performance-Based Scholarship (PBS) Demonstration, which was launched…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Program Effectiveness, Scholarships, Low Income Groups
Hayward, Becky Jon; Tallmadge, G. Kasten – 1995
An evaluation was conducted of a 3-year demonstration program the purpose of which was to demonstrate the efficacy of projects that included vocational education as a key component in encouraging at-risk youth to remain in or return to school. Six of the 10 project grantees, funded under the Cooperative Demonstration Program of the Carl D. Perkins…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Office of Inspector General (DOL), Washington, DC. – 2001
The Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA), awarded its final round of Job Training Partnership Act, Title IV, Pilot and Demonstration Grant Program funds for the Youth Opportunity Area Out-of-School Youth (YOA OSY) program in April 1999. Four of the 5 programs were audited in 2000. This audit is a follow-up to the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Accountability, Adult Education, Audits (Verification)
