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Dynarski, Susan; Nurshatayeva, Aizat; Page, Lindsay C.; Scott-Clayton, Judith – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2022
Non-financial barriers to college are an important possible explanation for socioeconomic, racial, gender, and other gaps in college access and success. A sizeable economic literature documents policy efforts to understand and address these barriers. We review this literature on non-financial interventions for improving college access and success…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Barriers, Access to Education, Intervention
Ashtian C. Holmes – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this phenomenological inquiry is to understand the experiences of formerly incarcerated Black male students who attend a Northeast urban community college and the unique barriers they encounter while navigating the institution. The United States imprisons more people than any country in the world, and Black men are…
Descriptors: African American Students, Blacks, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
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Renis Auma Ojwala – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2024
The lack of highly-trained ocean science professionals constrains sustainable development and management of the oceans. In Kenya, the government is committed to improving access to education for all, regardless of gender, ethnicity, and social status. Increasing female student enrolment has been one of the top priorities, particularly in…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Racism, College Students, Student Experience
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Smith, Erica – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2021
This paper chronicles and analyses the expansion and contraction of the Australian apprenticeship system from 1985 to 2020. The system expanded from a small number of occupations, mainly in craft and manufacturing areas, to include many other occupations, notably in the different types of service sectors. The expansion was achieved primarily…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Educational Change, Job Training
Lindsay Ellis Lee; Anne N. Rinn; Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2024
The Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT) is the most widely used norm-referenced creativity test used in gifted identification. Although commonly used for identifying talent, little is known about how creativity tests, like the TTCT-Figural, contribute to the probability of being identified as gifted especially with underrepresented…
Descriptors: Gifted, Identification, Creativity Tests, Creative Thinking
Charles Sanchez – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Pre-college access programs operating in high schools commonly focus on assisting underserved and historically excluded populations of students in preparing for, applying to, and enrolling in postsecondary education. Through two analyses, this study examines the efficacy of two types of access programs in facilitating postsecondary enrollment and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Postsecondary Education, Academic Persistence, College Enrollment
Owens, Johanna Inez – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This quantitative study investigated the perceptions of institutional academic support by Division III student athletes. Student athletes can be at a high risk for lower grade point averages (GPAs) during their college career due to conflicting time demands of athletics and academics. The NCAA regulates the access to academic support based on…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Student Athletes, Grade Point Average, At Risk Students
Kiantra Loza – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This explanatory sequential mixed methods study was designed to understand how underrepresented minority medical students perceive their interactions and relationships with their medical education faculty and how these perceived interactions associate with their academic self-efficacy. Data from URM medical students across medical schools based in…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Medical Students, Disproportionate Representation, Interaction
Ositelu, Monique O. – New America, 2020
Currently, an option of Pell Grant eligibility for the Second Chance Pell (SCP) experiment is priority given to students who will be released within 5 years of enrollment in the college program. Using the 2014 U.S. PIAAC Prison Survey, conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), this analysis evaluates the demographics of…
Descriptors: Grants, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Higher Education
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Knight, David B.; Grohs, Jacob R.; Bradburn, Isabel S.; Kinoshita, Timothy J.; Vaziri, Stacey; M. Matusovich, Holly; Carrico, Cheryl – Journal of Engineering Education, 2020
Background: Determining the root causes of persistent underrepresentation of different subpopulations in engineering remains a continued challenge. Because place-based variation of resource distribution is not random and because school and community contexts influence high school outcomes, considering variation across those contexts should be…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Access to Education, Disproportionate Representation, Enrollment Rate
Kuburat Famuditimi-Bello – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Historically, girls and women have experienced gender disparity in access to, and persistence in, STEM education. Though women comprise 50% of the total workforce, they occupy only 25% of STEM-related occupations. STEM degrees and occupations have been linked to economic prosperity, both for individuals and the nation as a whole. However, women…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Higher Education, Community Colleges
Office for Civil Rights, US Department of Education, 2024
The Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) is a mandatory survey of all public schools and school districts in the 50 states, Washington, D.C., and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It gathers information about student access to educational programs, activities, staff, and school climate factors from public schools serving students in preschool…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Public Schools, Access to Education, Educational Environment
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Harvey, Amy – Voices in Education, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has held a mirror to our society: exposing the cracks and blemishes of our many systems, highlighting the inequalities that exist, and revealing the disproportionate effects this disease has on definite segments of our communities. COVID-19 is considered a global emergency mirroring another ongoing global emergency: climate…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Climate, World Problems
Afterschool Alliance, 2021
As the world continues to rely more and more on technology, everyone will require a greater level of STEM literacy and fluency to understand how science and technology play a role. Greater STEM literacy also helps prepare students to better understand challenges and issues that affect them and their communities. Hands-on STEM learning…
Descriptors: After School Programs, STEM Education, Barriers, Equal Education
Afterschool Alliance, 2021
Getting more young people engaged in STEM is essential in part because jobs in STEM continue to grow at rates double those of non-STEM professions. Providing greater opportunities for STEM learning isn't just about preparing the future workforce. As the world continues to rely more and more on technology, everyone will require a greater level of…
Descriptors: After School Programs, STEM Education, Barriers, Equal Education
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