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Miller, Catherine, Ed. – ETS Research Report Series, 2020
The college promise movement is aimed toward making the attendance and completion of college affordable for eligible Americans in hundreds of local communities and states throughout the United States. Many college promise programs are designed with the intent of enabling students to start and complete college degree and/or postsecondary…
Descriptors: Student Costs, College Students, Educational Finance, Student Diversity
Clery, Sue; Topper, Amy – Achieving the Dream, 2009
Using data from Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, this issue of "Data Notes" is the second of a two-part series investigating the characteristics of stop-outs at Achieving the Dream colleges. In this issue, students who stop out during high- frequency terms are examined by age, developmental referral status, grade point average and…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, College Credits, Grants, Student Characteristics
Topper, Amy; Lee, John – Achieving the Dream, 2010
Using data from Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, this issue of "Data Notes" looks at three-year enrollment and attainment outcomes of students who persist through their first year. Additionally, first-year persisters (FYPs) were grouped based on the interaction of several student characteristics; analysis was conducted to…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Academic Persistence, Interaction, Enrollment
Topper, Amy – Achieving the Dream, 2007
Using data from Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, this issue of "Data Notes" looks at who receives aid, how much they receive and how financial aid relates to persistence. The data show that among full-time students in the 2003 Achieving the Dream cohort, students of color were more likely to receive grants to fund their postsecondary…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Student Financial Aid, African American Students, American Indians
Clery, Sue – Achieving the Dream, 2006
Using data from Achieving the Dream: Community College Count, this issue of "Data Notes" compares students in the 2002 Achieving the Dream cohort in terms of achievement and persistence over three academic years based on Pell Grant receipt. The results reveal a complicated relationship between Pell Grant receipt and measures of student success.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement, Credits, Grants
Clery, Sue – Achieving the Dream, 2006
Using data from Achieving the Dream: Community College Count, this issue of Data Notes compares students in the 2002 Achieving the Dream cohort in terms of achievement and persistence over three academic years based on Pell Grant receipt. The results reveal a complicated relationship between Pell Grant receipt and measures of student success.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, Grants, Community Colleges
Online Submission, 2006
"Student Success" is EPI's occasional e-magazine dedicated to the discussion of retaining students in higher education. Over the course of the next issues of "Student Success," the Educational Policy Institute (EPI) will explore three questions about retention on our college campuses. Part I will look at the barriers to student retention, both…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, School Holding Power
Trombley, William, Ed. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2006
The primary purpose of "National CrossTalk" is to stimulate informed discussion and debate of higher education issues. This issue contains the following articles: (1) Keeping Them in College: East Carolina University's Efforts to Improve Retention and Graduation Rates (Don Campbell); (2) The "Seamless System": Florida's Flurry…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Higher Education, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This October 8, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Game for Anything" (Ruggill, Judd Ethan; Neelakantan, Shailaja); (2)…
Descriptors: Part Time Faculty, Teacher Employment Benefits, Drinking, Standardized Tests