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Kevin J. Mumford; Richard W. Patterson; Anthony Yim – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
What happens when college students are not able to enroll in the courses they want? We use a natural experiment at Purdue University in which first-year students are conditionally randomly assigned to oversubscribed courses. Compared to students who are assigned a requested course, those who are shut out are 40% less likely to ever take the…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Barriers, Access to Education, College Freshmen
Hawkins, Alishea – ProQuest LLC, 2017
While it is known that over 500,000 individuals in the State of Indiana have not obtained a High School Diploma or Equivalency (StatsIndiana, 2015), limited empirical information exists on Indiana students pursuing adult basic education along with implications for a state that has changed its adult basic education high stakes high school…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Student Characteristics, High School Equivalency Programs, Statistical Analysis
Achieve, Inc., 2013
Research by Achieve, ACT, and others suggests that for high school graduates to be prepared for success in a wide range of postsecondary settings, they need to take four years of challenging mathematics--covering Advanced Algebra; Geometry; and data, probability, and statistics content--and four years of rigorous English aligned with college- and…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, College Readiness, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
Indiana Commission for Higher Education, 2015
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education is committed to providing a clearer and more comprehensive picture of college completion in order to inform and advance Indiana's collective efforts to boost education attainment. In partnership with Indiana public colleges and the National Student Clearinghouse, the Commission has collected completion…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, College Graduates, Higher Education, Graduation Rate
Indiana Commission for Higher Education, 2014
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education is committed to providing a clearer and more comprehensive picture of college completion in order to inform and advance Indiana's collective efforts to boost education attainment. In partnership with Indiana public colleges and the National Student Clearinghouse, the Commission has collected completion…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, College Graduates, Higher Education, Graduation Rate