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Direct linkBozick, Robert; Mulhern, Christine – RAND Corporation, 2023
This Perspective builds on a related RAND Corporation report that describes the implementation of Findhelp at four North Carolina community colleges in 2021 and 2022. Findhelp is an online tool to connect students to resources in their communities to help meet their basic nonacademic needs. The North Carolina Community College System, with support…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Needs, Community Resources, Community College Students
Download full textAnzelone, Caitlin Platania – MDRC, 2023
11 community colleges in New Jersey and two Historically Black Community Colleges (one in Alabama and one in Mississippi) joined the OnPath project, which had the goal to help community college students stay enrolled during the pandemic. OnPath facilitated a powerful combination of people and knowledge by bringing together college staff members…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Black Colleges, Academic Persistence, Dropout Prevention
Willard, Jacklyn Altuna; Bayes, Brian; Martinez, John – MDRC, 2015
This study reports on the implementation of Gateway to College, a program whose mission is to serve students who have dropped out of high school, or who are at risk of dropping out of high school, by allowing them to earn a high school diploma and credits toward a postsecondary degree. Gateway to College is uniquely ambitious in providing…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Dropouts, Nontraditional Education, College Preparation
Berk, Jillian; Kahn-Lang Spitzer, Ariella; Stein, Jillian; Needels, Karen; Geckeler, Christian; Paprocki, Anne; Gutierrez, Ivette; Millenky, Megan – Mathematica, 2020
Many youth in America are not on track for labor market success. One factor that increases the risk of poor labor market outcomes among these youth is dropping out of school (Rumberger 2020). Youth who drop out of school are at greater risk for job instability and for lower longterm earnings (Hair et al. 2009). They are also more likely to…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Youth Programs, Armed Forces, Residential Programs
Wheatle, Katherine; Taylor, Jason; Bragg, Debra; Ajinkya, Julie – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2017
Each year millions of Americans make the decision to pursue a college education to improve their skill sets, boost their earning potential and transform their life circumstances. Yet almost 1 in 5 students leaves empty-handed after investing precious time and valuable resources. And many who amass student loan debt are crippled by the burden of…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Time to Degree, College Graduates
Fletcher, Darla Michelle Keel – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Approximately half of students at the community college level leave the institution before degree completion. Community college students are more likely than four-year students to be first-generation students, attend school part-time, be less prepared academically, work full-time, have family responsibilities, and have entered college later in…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Program Effectiveness, Intervention, First Generation College Students
