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ERIC Number: ED612024
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Nov
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Comprehensive Approaches to Increasing Student Completion in Higher Education: A Survey of the Landscape. Working Paper 28046
Dawson, Rachel Fulcher; Kearney, Melissa S.; Sullivan, James X.
National Bureau of Economic Research
We describe the challenge of college non-completion in the U.S. and a variety of explanations for the high rate of non-completion. We then provide an overview of the implementation of and evidence from eight specific college completion interventions designed to increase college completion rates through a comprehensive set of services. The eight interventions that we review have all been implemented in the past decade and have been evaluated through randomized controlled trials (RCT). After we describe the eight featured programs and the evidence on their effectiveness, we discuss the potential to replicate these programs and deliver them at scale. Finally, we offer some recommendations for future research, with the goal of establishing a body of practical evidence for organizations and policymakers to learn from as they work to address the college completion crisis. [The working paper was revised in Feb 2021 and prepared for the Comprehensive Approaches for Student Success convening (Sep 9 2020).]
National Bureau of Economic Research. 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-5398. Tel: 617-588-0343; Web site: http://www.nber.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Joyce Foundation; Ascendium Education Group, Inc.
Authoring Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research
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