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Brock, Thomas – National Poverty Center, University of Michigan, 2009
This paper reviews systematic research findings on the effectiveness of various interventions designed to help at-risk students remain in college. It shows how changes in federal policy and public attitudes since the mid-1960s have opened up higher education to women, minorities, and nontraditional students and also shifted the "center of gravity"…
Descriptors: Higher Education, At Risk Students, Barriers, Academic Persistence
Geierstanger, Sara P.; Amaral, Gorette – National Assembly on School-Based Health Care, 2005
The National Assembly on School-Based Health Care (NASBHC) convened a meeting of 23 stakeholders representing a national cross-section of experts in the fields of health and education on April 30, 2004. Among the participants were school health practitioners, educators, researchers, and funders. The meeting's purpose was to clarify and document…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, Stakeholders, School Health Services