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Building Learning Communities Early Results from the Opening Doors Demonstration at Kingsborough Community College

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Bloom, Dan; Sommo, Colleen – MDRC, 2005

A postsecondary credential is becoming a prerequisite for admission to the American middle class. Community colleges, with their open admissions, convenient locations, and relatively modest cost, serve as the gateway to postsecondary education for many low-income and disadvantaged students. Unfortunately, many students enter community college…

Descriptors: Middle Class, Special Programs, Academic Persistence, Open Enrollment

New Strategies To Promote Stable Employment and Career Progression: An Introduction to the Employment Retention and Advancement Project.

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Bloom, Dan; Anderson, Jacquelyn; Wavelet, Melissa; Gardiner, Karen N.; Fishman, Michael E. – 2002

The Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project was undertaken to identify effective strategies for helping low-income parents work more steadily and advance in the labor market. The 15 ERA demonstration projects that were operating in nine states (California, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, South Carolina; Tennessee, and…

Descriptors: Career Development, Career Ladders, Case Studies, Caseworker Approach