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Liu, Vivian Yuen Ting; Zhou, Rachel Yang; Matsudaira, Jordan – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2023
While the Pell Grant covers a substantial proportion of college tuition for low-income students, it has covered only two full-time semesters per year and has not included any support for summer courses through most of its history. As research has shown that continuous enrollment throughout the year increases college persistence and completion, the…
Descriptors: Grants, Student Financial Aid, Summer Programs, School Schedules
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Olga Rodriguez; Daniel Payares-Montoya; Kevin Cook – Grantee Submission, 2024
The pandemic created daunting challenges for higher education. The federal government provided California Community Colleges billions of dollars in aid for students and institutions. How did they use these funds? How well did their pandemic recovery activities and investments help reengage students? What will institutions do when the money runs…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Federal Aid, COVID-19, Pandemics
Alliance for Excellent Education, 2018
Early College High Schools (ECHSs) and dual-enrollment programs allow students to take college courses while still in high school. Research has shown that students participating in these programs are more likely to enroll in college, post higher college grade point averages, persist, and ultimately graduate from college. Too often, however, the…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Higher Education
Taliaferro, Wayne; Pham, Duy – Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success, 2017
This brief examines how California is aligning education and training opportunities for people who are currently or formerly incarcerated. It is the first report in our series "Reconnecting Justice in the States," which will explore coordinated justice, education, and workforce policy and practice at the state level. It is part of…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Social Justice, Change Strategies
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, 2021
This document contains the survey data and tables for the report "An Evaluation of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Funding for Postsecondary Institutions." In January and February 2021, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) collaborated with Student Affairs Administrators in Higher…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Pandemics, COVID-19, Federal Legislation
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Baum, Sandy – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2015
The Federal Pell Grant program has made education possible for many Americans. It has also helped establish the norm of public responsibility for widespread access to higher education. This essay reviews the growth of the Pell Grant program over time and its current characteristics. It then details some innovations with the potential to increase…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Student Financial Aid, Grants, Program Effectiveness
Fleischer, Wendy – 2003
The Annie E. Casey Foundation's Jobs Initiative is a six-city workforce initiative aimed at helping disadvantaged adults earn their way out of poverty. Between 1995 and 2002, the initiative enrolled more than 17,000 adults and placed 8,090 people in jobs. Most Jobs Initiative participants were working 18 months after enrollment in the program, and…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Colleges, Community Colleges, Disadvantaged
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, Washington, DC. – 1997
This guide is intended as a self-evaluation questionnaire for those institutions conducting internal reviews of financial aid programs and of their compliance with federal regulations. It addresses recommended good administrative practices with a view to minimizing incidents of misrepresentation and providing a clear audit trail. Title IV programs…
Descriptors: Evaluation Utilization, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Higher Education