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Download full textCalifornia Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office, 2024
The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office (Chancellor's Office) Rising Scholars Network was established to make college accessible to currently and formerly incarcerated community college students. Key partnerships with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and the Foundation for California Community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Correctional Institutions, Reentry Students, College Students
National Governors Association, 2021
At least 36 million adults in the United States have earned some postsecondary education credit without obtaining a credential. Research suggests these adults, are often referred to as those with some college, but no degree, are well worth the investments needed to help them return and complete their education. Adults in this population frequently…
Descriptors: College Credits, Access to Education, Barriers, Higher Education
Dixie Grunenfelder; Kefi Andersen; Mandy Paradise – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2024
Building Bridges is charged with creating a statewide program for comprehensive dropout prevention, intervention, and retrieval (DPIR) programming, and to make annual recommendations to the legislature and the governor on DPIR best practices and system needs. Washington's graduation rate has steadily been increasing since 2021 with 83% of the…
Descriptors: State Programs, Statewide Planning, Best Practices, State Legislation
Kauppila, Sheena A.; Rubin, Paul G.; Taylor, Jason L.; Stovall, Karen L.; Davis, Leanne – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2021
Located in Minnesota, Anoka-Ramsey Community College (ARCC) is an inspiring example of what a suburban community college can do to expand its ability to serve and reengage students with "some college, but no degree." As a finalist for the prestigious Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence in 2017, ARCC fulfills many roles common to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Case Studies, Suburban Schools, COVID-19
Anderson, Lexi – Education Commission of the States, 2017
As of 2011, 31 million adults in the United States had some college credit but had not earned a postsecondary credential, defined in this brief as a near-completer. This brief provides an overview of the 2017 near-completer policy landscape and a detailed review of three states implementing innovative outreach to this population. State example…
Descriptors: College Credits, Outreach Programs, Intervention, State Policy
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Objective: States increasingly create promise programs to increase college enrollment and degree attainment. The objective of this study was to understand the experiences of adult learners using the Tennessee Reconnect Grant (TN Reconnect) as they transitioned to becoming college students. Methods: Drawing upon interviews with 23 adult learners,…
Descriptors: Grants, State Programs, College Attendance, Student Attitudes
Pham, Duy; Taliaferro, Wayne – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2017
This brief examines how Indiana is aligning education and training opportunities for people who are currently or formerly incarcerated. This is the second brief in the series "Reconnecting Justice in the States," which explores coordinated justice, education, and workforce policy and practice at the state level. It is part of CLASP's…
Descriptors: Correctional Rehabilitation, Institutionalized Persons, Educational Opportunities, Investment
Taliaferro, Wayne; Pham, Duy – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2018
The social, economic, political, historical, and racial context shaping the criminal justice system is complex and extensive. As a result, individuals who have been incarcerated face limited opportunities--particularly for education and training--both during and after incarceration. Historical investments in corrections and policies that…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Educational Opportunities, Educational Change
