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Download full textGrossman, Jean Baldwin; Quint, Janet; Gingrich, Jessica; Cerna, Oscar; Diamond, John; Levine, Andrew; Willard, Jacklyn – MDRC, 2015
Community colleges enroll almost half of the undergraduates in the United States and provide students the option to earn a degree at a lower cost and offer more flexible class schedules than four-year colleges. However, among first-time, full-time degree-seeking students entering public two-year schools, only about 20 percent graduate with a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Access to Education, Change Strategies
Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn; Sommo, Colleen; Welbeck, Rashida – MDRC, 2011
Many adult students struggle to finance their educations, often contending with work and child care expenses in addition to the extra cost of remedial courses. Moreover, there is little need-based grant aid to help. This report presents early findings from an evaluation of a program in New York City targeted to low-income adults (ages 22 to 35)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Low Income Groups, College Credits, Adult Students
Scrivener, Susan; Pih, Michael – MDRC, 2007
MDRC launched Opening Doors in 2003 to study the effects of community college programs designed to help students persist in school and earn a credential. This report presents early results from the Opening Doors program at Owens Community College in Toledo, Ohio, which operated from 2004 through 2006. The two-semester program served students whose…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Programs, Poverty, Two Year College Students
