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Willard, Jacklyn; Vasquez, Andrea; Lepe, Marco – MDRC, 2019
College Promise programs aim to make students believe they can afford college, and to give them the opportunity to go to college and earn degrees without taking on significant debt. At the core of all College Promise programs is a scholarship: All eligible College Promise students receive scholarships that may cover up to 100 percent of tuition…
Descriptors: College Programs, Paying for College, Access to Education, Scholarships
Rauner, Mary; Perna, Laura W.; Kanter, Martha J. – WestEd, 2018
College Promise programs are thriving in California, and with the continued growth comes a need to understand the features of these diverse efforts and the perspectives of the communities in which they exist. In 2018, the James Irvine Foundation supported California College Promise Project (CCPP) at WestEd to study the College Promise landscape in…
Descriptors: College Programs, Program Descriptions, Paying for College, Student Financial Aid
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Lowery, John Wesley – New Directions for Student Services, 2004
This chapter examines the Millennial generation's implications for the design and delivery of student affairs programs and services. The unique characteristics of the Millennial students offer insights into the programs and services that this generation of college students will want and need.
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Program Design, College Students, Higher Education
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Perriera, Diane C.; Richards, Ann M. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2000
The University of Arizona Strategic Alternative Learning Techniques (SALT) Center is profiled. The Center provides students with learning disabilities the skills and services needed during undergraduate experiences so that success is achieved when they enter graduate or professional programs. Data associated with the success of the SALT Center are…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities, Postsecondary Education
Boyd, Diana – Campus Activities Programming, 1992
Research suggests that addition or expansion of a comprehensive student activities program at community colleges can lower the high student attrition rate and the cost of constant recruitment. Although increased emphasis on comprehensive extracurricular activities can be expensive in personnel and other resources, it may be a worthwhile…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Extracurricular Activities
Duda, Desiree, Ed. – 1999
This document describes the multicultural Program for Deaf Adults (PDA) at LaGuardia Community College at the City University of New York. The PDA offers a comprehensive education through an extensive variety of both degree and continuing education courses. It offers basic skill courses in the academic division and, in the Division of Adult and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Cultural Awareness
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Miville, Marie L.; Sedlacek, William E. – NACADA Journal, 1995
A study compared student use of and satisfaction with the central advising office and departmental advising in a college of engineering by surveying 57 central office walk-in advisees and, by mail, 103 other advisees. No significant differences were found in advisor availability and concern, but more students used departmental faculty advisors.…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Centralization, College Students, Comparative Analysis
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McNamee, Peter J.; Maxwell, Graham S. – Higher Education Research and Development, 1993
A study investigated effectiveness of a University of Southern Queensland (Australia) program to improve access to higher education for disadvantaged groups. Results suggest that, although the program improves access, it has inherent inequities, does not provide adequate student support, and does not consider student readiness for the demands of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, College Preparation, Disadvantaged
Cahalan, Margaret; And Others – 1994
An interim report on the congressionally mandated National Study of Student Support Services (SSS) focuses on the characteristics of college freshmen program participants and on the level and type of services they receive. The federally funded grant program is designed to help economically disadvantaged students achieve success at the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Youth
Gugerty, John, Ed.; Knutsen, Caryl, Ed. – 2000
This report is an outcome of a project designed to seek, screen, evaluate, describe, and disseminate highly effective approaches used by two-year colleges to serve students with significant disabilities. "Two-year colleges" included academic institutions, technical colleges, and vocational institutes. From a pool of 18 applicants, the…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Community Colleges, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Policy
Gugerty, John, Ed.; Knutsen, Caryl, Ed. – 2000
This report is an outcome of a project designed to seek, screen, evaluate, describe, and disseminate highly effective approaches used by two-year colleges to serve students with significant disabilities. "Two-year colleges" included academic institutions, technical colleges, and vocational institutes. From a pool of 18 applicants, the project made…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Community Colleges
Gugerty, John, Ed.; Knutsen, Caryl, Ed. – 2000
This report is an outcome of a project designed to seek, screen, evaluate, describe, and disseminate highly effective approaches used by two-year colleges to serve students with significant disabilities. "Two-year colleges" included academic institutions, technical colleges, and vocational institutes. From a pool of 18 applicants, the…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Community Colleges
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Twale, Darla J.; And Others – Higher Education, 1992
A study of seven diverse professional schools suggests that, although a variety of strategies (e.g., early identification, preprofessional contact, resocialization of faculty and matriculated students, and support services) can produce successful affirmative action for women and minority students, a concise, directed program geared to the school's…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Case Studies, College Faculty, College Students
Gugerty, John, Ed.; Knutsen, Caryl, Ed. – 2000
This report is an outcome of a project designed to seek, screen, evaluate, describe, and disseminate highly effective approaches used by two-year colleges to serve students with significant disabilities. "Two-year colleges" included academic institutions, technical colleges, and vocational institutes. From a pool of 18 applicants, the…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Community Colleges
Gugerty, John, Ed.; Kinutsen, Caryl, Ed. – 2000
This report is an outcome of a project designed to seek, screen, evaluate, describe, and disseminate highly effective approaches used by two-year colleges to serve students with significant disabilities. "Two-year colleges" included academic institutions, technical colleges, and vocational institutes. From a pool of 18 applicants, the…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Community Colleges
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