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Clearing Up Transfer Admissions Standards: Impact on Access and Outcomes. EdWorkingPaper No. 23-850
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Lena Shi – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
Students' college choices can affect their chances of earning a degree, but many lack the support to navigate the opaque college application and admissions process. This paper evaluates whether guaranteeing four-year college admissions based on transparent academic standards affected community college students' enrollment choices and graduation…
Descriptors: College Choice, College Admission, College Transfer Students, Admission Criteria
Digest of City Schools College-Going Statistics, 2022 Edition
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Nathaniel A. Dewey, Compiler; Rachel E. Durham, Compiler; Zyrashae Smith-Onyewu, Compiler; Curt Cronister, Compiler; Marc L. Stein, Compiler – Baltimore Education Research Consortium, 2023
This digest provides descriptive, aggregated statistics related to the experiences of 10 cohorts of graduates of City Schools from school years 2010-11 through 2019-20. The compilers use multiple indicators of college access, including the process of applying for college and financial aid, enrollment in the fall following high school graduation,…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, College Attendance, High School Graduates, Public Schools
Thirty Years of Charter Schools: What Does Lottery-Based Research Tell Us? Discussion Paper #2023.18
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Sarah Cohodes; Susha Roy – Blueprint Labs, 2023
Charter schools are highly debated in policy and political discussions about delivering public education. As "laboratories of innovation" that often use lotteries to assign spots, they hold the potential to generate rigorous evidence about effective educational practices. This paper synthesizes and summarizes findings from charter…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Selective Admission, Competitive Selection, Elementary Secondary Education
Analyzing the College Persistence and Graduation Rates of First-Time, Full-Time Recipients of the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Who Attended a Four-Year Arkansas Public Institution
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Bradberry, Sara Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2018
In 2010, Arkansas became the most recent state to establish a state lottery program, which allowed lottery revenue to serve as the primary funding source for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship. The primary goal of this research study was to begin understanding the type of impact the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship funded by the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Public Colleges, Graduation Rate
Thirty Years of Charter Schools: What Have We Learned? Policy Brief
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Talia Gerstle; Amanda Schmidt – Blueprint Labs, 2023
The past three decades have seen charter schools emerge as a prominent and controversial alternative to traditional public schools. This policy brief examines "Thirty Years of Charter Schools: What Does Lottery-Based Research Tell Us?" which summarizes 40 studies that have used lottery research designs to analyze how charter schools…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational History, Educational Research, Academic Achievement
New Mexico Higher Education Department Annual Report, 2016
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New Mexico Higher Education Department, 2016
The New Mexico Higher Education Department strives to bring leadership, guidance, and assistance to New Mexico's higher education stakeholders. The HED is committed to promoting best practices, institutional fiscal responsibility, and student achievement. Everything the agency does is through the lens of supporting New Mexico's higher education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Annual Reports, Educational Improvement, Education Work Relationship