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Human Development Institute, 2024
Comprehensive Transition & Postsecondary Programs (CTPs) were created by the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA, 2008). They are designed to support students with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) as defined by the HEOA, who want to continue academic, career or technical instruction in higher education in order to better prepare for…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Transitional Programs, Access to Education, Higher Education
Jordan S. Berne – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Since 1995, publicly funded pre-K with universal eligibility has proliferated across the U.S. Universal pre-K (UPK) operates at great scale and serves children with a wide range of alternative childcare options. Because these programs are relatively young, very little is known about their long-run impacts on children. In this paper, I use a…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Equal Education, Access to Education, Eligibility
Muller, Alissa – Washington State Board of Education, 2020
The Mastery-based Learning (MBL) Work Group has examined opportunities to increase student access to relevant and robust mastery-based academic pathways aligned to personal career goals and postsecondary education, and reviewed the role of the High School and Beyond Plan (HSBP) in supporting mastery-based learning. The Work Group members believe…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Access to Education, Barriers, State Programs
Washington State Board of Education, 2020
Schools are experiencing unprecedented disruption, forcing educators to think differently about how they engage with their students and forcing changes to longstanding systems that have been established to deliver education. This presents an opportunity to not only discover ways to address education during the coronavirus pandemic, but also to…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Access to Education, Barriers, State Programs
Kurtis D. Watkins – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) is a statewide initiative that provides college access to economically and educationally disadvantaged high school graduates. Supporting approximately 13,000 students every year through financial and educational support, EOF remains a significant pathway to higher education for many first and…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Educational Finance, Counselors, Student Personnel Services
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2019
Louisiana was one of the 10 states selected to participate in New Skills for Youth (NSFY). NSFY, launched by JPMorgan Chase & Co. in 2016, is a $75 million, five-year initiative, aimed at strengthening and expanding high-quality career pathways for youth. As part of this initiative, the Council of Chief State School Officers, Advance CTE, and…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, State Programs, Vocational Education, Access to Education
Mishory, Jen – Century Foundation, 2018
Free college, or "Promise" programs--a model of student aid that covers at least full tuition costs for a subset of a given state's residents--have received a significant boost in the past few years. A central question has been whether the model benefits from more consistent political support over time as compared to other forms of…
Descriptors: Paying for College, State Programs, Student Financial Aid, Access to Education
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2019
Kentucky was one of the 10 states selected to participate in New Skills for Youth (NSFY). NSFY, launched by JPMorgan Chase & Co. in 2016, is a $75 million, five-year initiative, aimed at strengthening and expanding high-quality career pathways for youth. As part of this initiative, the Council of Chief State School Officers, Advance CTE, and…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, State Programs, Vocational Education, Access to Education
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2019
Ohio was one of the 10 states selected to participate in New Skills for Youth (NSFY). NSFY, launched by JPMorgan Chase & Co. in 2016, is a $75 million, five-year initiative, aimed at strengthening and expanding high-quality career pathways for youth. As part of this initiative, the Council of Chief State School Officers, Advance CTE and…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, State Programs, Vocational Education, Sustainability
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2019
Tennessee was one of the 10 states selected to participate in New Skills for Youth (NSFY). NSFY, launched by JPMorgan Chase & Co. in 2016, is a $75 million, five-year initiative, aimed at strengthening and expanding high-quality career pathways for youth. As part of this initiative, the Council of Chief State School Officers, Advance CTE and…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, State Programs, Vocational Education, Sustainability
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2019
Rhode Island was one of the 10 states selected to participate in New Skills for Youth (NSFY). NSFY, launched by JPMorgan Chase & Co. in 2016, is a $75 million, five-year initiative, aimed at strengthening and expanding high-quality career pathways for youth. As part of this initiative, the Council of Chief State School Officers, Advance CTE…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, State Programs, Vocational Education, Sustainability
Allen, Jeff; Cruce, Ty; Dingler, Colin – ACT, Inc., 2023
ACT is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help people achieve education and workplace success. To help fulfill that mission, ACT offers school-day testing programs that provide all students with state- or district-funded access to its college readiness and admissions assessment, removing barriers to testing and opening doors to…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Testing, Nonprofit Organizations, Access to Education
Callahan, M. Kate; Meehan, Kasey; Hagood, Shanell – Research for Action, 2020
Statewide College Promise programs have the potential to broadly increase affordability, access, and success for students pursuing a postsecondary credential. Statewide College Promise programs also generate controversy because they encompass critical decisions about how a large proportion of state financial aid dollars are spent, and on whom.…
Descriptors: State Programs, Access to Education, Higher Education, Paying for College
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2019
Delaware was one of the 10 states selected to participate in New Skills for Youth (NSFY). NSFY, launched by JPMorgan Chase & Co. in 2016, is a $75 million, five-year initiative, aimed at strengthening and expanding high-quality career pathways for youth. As part of this initiative, the Council of Chief State School Officers, Advance CTE, and…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, State Programs, Vocational Education, Equal Education
Poutre, Alain; Voight, Mamie – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2018
Tennessee is at the vanguard of the free-college movement. Launched in 2015, Tennessee Promise makes technical and community colleges tuition-free for recent high school graduates in the state. With the addition of Tennessee Reconnect in 2018, adult students can attend tuition-free as well. The efforts of the state's leadership, especially its…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Postsecondary Education, State Programs, Tuition
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