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Direct linkWachen, John; Pretlow, Joshua; Dixon, Karrie G. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2018
Many students enter college without the skills and knowledge needed to successfully perform college-level work. An important leverage point for increasing college readiness is the transition from high school to college. One strategy implemented at postsecondary institutions to ease this transition, boost academic and social readiness, and foster…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Readiness, Transitional Programs, Summer Programs
Riggleman, Jennifer S. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Statistics on the number of students who leave high school underprepared for postsecondary education, and have to take remedial coursework upon entrance to college vary, but, unfortunately, for at least the last 10 years, these statistics have remained high. This study examined the effectiveness of one transitional high school math curriculum…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Transitional Programs, Mathematics Curriculum
Download full textBozick, Robert; Gonzalez, Gabriella; Engberg, John – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2015
The Pittsburgh Promise is a scholarship program that provides $5,000 per year toward college tuition for public high school graduates in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who earned a 2.5 GPA and a 90% attendance record. This study used a difference-in-difference design to assess whether the introduction of the Promise scholarship program directly…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, College Bound Students, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Management
Slade, John; Eatmon, Dedra; Staley, Katrina; Dixon, Karrie G. – Journal of Negro Education, 2015
Making postsecondary education more accessible has highlighted the issue of what it means to be prepared for college. A significant number of students enter college with preparedness issues--academic and otherwise--that challenge potential success. For African American students, educational, social, and economic factors combine to create barriers…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, College Readiness, College Bound Students, African American Students
Ganzert, Bart – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
This causal-comparative study researched the effects of dual enrollment and Huskins Bill course experience on traditional-age North Carolina community college students. The study examined course effects on academic success and graduation rate using quantitative statistical measures including parametric and nonparametric means comparisons. The…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, College Readiness, College Preparation, Comparative Analysis
Bernstein, Larry; Yamaguchi, Ryoko; Unlu, Fatih; Edmunds, Julie; Glennie, Elizabeth; Willse, John; Arshavsky, Nina; Dallas, Andrew – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
The purpose of this study is to rigorously examine the implementation and impact of the Early College High School (ECHS) model in North Carolina. The primary goal of the ECHS model is to increase the number of students who graduate from high school and who continue on and succeed in college. Therefore, the anticipated long-term outcomes for the…
Descriptors: Control Groups, High Schools, Graduation Rate, Models
