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Abdul-Rahim Mohammed; Jennifer Apiung – Educational Review, 2025
Financial barriers to education such as the payment of school fees have long been identified as a key driver of the perennially high out-of-school rates in developing countries. Accordingly, Ghana implemented the education capitation grant (CG) policy in 2005 as part of efforts to universalise access to primary education. At its core, the policy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Access to Education, Grants
Stacy B. Ehrlich Loewe; Cristina Carrazza; Sarah Kabourek; Molly F. Gordon; Marc W. Hernandez – NORC at the University of Chicago, 2024
Tempe PRE was designed as a high-quality preschool program to create more opportunity for children in Tempe. In the 2021-2022 school year, NORC at the University of Chicago conducted an evaluation of Tempe PRE to understand how the program was being implemented and its effects on children and families. They also collected students' outcome data…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Federal Aid, Educational Quality, Program Evaluation
National Comprehensive Center, 2024
Intentionally designed afterschool and summer programs can benefit students' social-emotional skills, accelerate their learning, and even increase their school attendance during the school year. This infographic touches on the value of these programs, possible barriers that might limit access to students, and states with innovative models.
Descriptors: After School Programs, After School Education, Achievement Gains, Social Emotional Learning
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Marisa Lally; Shadman Islem – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2023
The Fulbright Program is the United States' flagship educational exchange program. Since 1946, the program has been heralded as a program that promotes mutual understanding across cultures. However, the Fulbright Program's role as a U.S. Department of State initiative warrants further examination of how this educational exchange program functions…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, International Educational Exchange, Higher Education, Foreign Policy
Lenz, Jimmie – Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 2019
In 1965, the federal government passed the Higher Education Act (HEA), which paved the way for today's federal student loan program. Much of the policy debate about student loans centers on the amount of debt that has already been issued, escalating default rates, and what can be done to make repayment more affordable. But often overlooked in this…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Federal Aid, Student Loan Programs, Loan Repayment
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National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2023
For adults with low incomes and potential first-generation college-goers, enrolling in college can be challenging. The U.S. Department of Education-funded Educational Opportunity Centers (EOCs) provide supports to help navigate some of the barriers to enrollment, including assistance with completing college and financial aid application processes,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Higher Education, Adult Education, Adult Students
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Papay, Clare K.; Grigal, Meg – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2019
Amendments to the Higher Education Opportunity Act (2008), including the creation of the Transition and Postsecondary Program for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (TPSID) model demonstration program, have led to increased opportunities for students with intellectual disability to obtain postsecondary education. The present study builds on…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Postsecondary Education, Access to Education, Transitional Programs
Davis, Lois M. – RAND Corporation, 2019
Each year, more than 700,000 incarcerated individuals leave federal and state prisons and return to local communities where they will have to compete with individuals in those communities for jobs. In today's economy, having a college education is necessary to compete for many jobs, and the stakes for ex-offenders are higher than they are for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Okpych, Nathanael J.; Park, Sunggeun; Courtney, Mark E. – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2019
Since the late 1990s, the federal government has increased supports that promote college success for foster youth (Okpych, 2012), such as the $5,000 education and training voucher that foster youth can use each year toward college expenses. A key piece of federal legislation supporting foster youth is the 2008 Fostering Connections to Success and…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Postsecondary Education, Enrollment, Academic Persistence
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Miller, Cynthia; O'Donoghue, Rebekah; Cullinan, Dan; Perera, Sumner; Mayer, Alexander; Page, Lindsay – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2023
Applying to college and securing financial aid are complex processes that can be barriers to college enrollment, particularly for individuals not entering directly after high school. These adults can seek out support from various organizations, including the U.S. Department of Education-funded Educational Opportunity Centers (EOCs), which operate…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Higher Education, Adult Education, Adult Students
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Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2021
This Study Snapshot highlights key findings from a study that examines Oregon's statewide promise program. Representatives from Oregon's Higher Education Coordinating Commission and K-12 state and local education agencies worked with the Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest to conduct this study of Oregon Promise's reach and impact in its…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Student Financial Aid, Program Evaluation, Community Colleges
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Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2021
The "What Were the Reach and Impact of the Oregon Promise Financial Aid Program in Its First Two Years?" study examined Oregon Promise, a program that promotes students' postsecondary attainment by covering nearly all community college tuition. The study used student data from K-12 public schools, Oregon Promise applications, and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Student Financial Aid, Program Evaluation, Community Colleges
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Hodara, Michelle; Childress, Leah – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2021
In 2015 Oregon became the second state in the country to implement a statewide promise program. Its program, Oregon Promise, seeks to promote students' postsecondary attainment by covering nearly all community college tuition. This study used student data from K-12 public schools, Oregon Promise applications, and postsecondary records to examine…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Student Financial Aid, Program Evaluation, Community Colleges
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Nold, James; De Jong, David; Moran, James; Robinson, Derrick; Aderhold, Frederick – SAGE Open, 2021
State-funded prekindergarten educational programming for all children is a rarity in the United States. Five states offer no financial support to fund prekindergarten educational programming, and the majority offer partial funding. Only three states provide universally funded prekindergarten educational programming. The purpose of this study is to…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Access to Education, Educational Finance, Program Effectiveness
Maryland State Department of Education, 2020
As the early education coordinator for Prince George's County Public Schools, Judith P. Hoyer lamented the gaps in available services for low-income families. In the 1990s, she created a central location in Adelphi, Maryland, for important early childhood services, thus fostering cooperation of governmental and private agencies around the needs of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Integrated Services, Low Income Groups
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