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Knepfle, Chuck; McCaskill, Rock – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2022
Many factors, including free two-year college commitments in states like New York, Tennessee, and Oregon, have led to increases in students attending two-year schools with the ultimate goal of graduating with a bachelor's degree. Bachelor's degree granting institutions should, and arguably have an obligation to, make that transition as seamless as…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Two Year Colleges, Colleges, Transfer Students
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2018
"Summer counseling" is designed to help college-intending high school graduates complete the steps needed to enroll in college and start their college careers. These programs provide services during the months between high school graduation and college enrollment and involve outreach by college counselors or peer mentors via text…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, College Bound Students, Academic Advising, Summer Programs
Chmelynski, Carol – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2004
Because ninth grade is such a tough year for many students, some school districts have created special academies or other programs to provide special attention to students in the first year of high school. Studies show that ninth-graders have the most discipline incidents and retentions, and are most likely to drop out. In this paper, the author…
Descriptors: Grade 9, High School Freshmen, School Districts, Special Programs
Hotchkiss, Julie L.; Moore, Robert E.; Pitts, M. Melinda – Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 2005
This paper applies a standard treatment effects model to determine that participation in Freshman Learning Communities (FLCs) improves academic performance and retention. Not controlling for individual self-selection into FLC participation leads one to incorrectly conclude that the impact is the same across race and gender groups. Accurately…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, School Holding Power, Academic Persistence