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Yu, Julie; Sanderson, Bill W.; Fong, Jennifer; Wentworth, Laura – Educational Leadership, 2022
When San Francisco implemented a new policy to improve graduation rates and college enrollment, district officials realized their work was only beginning. San Francisco Unified School District revamped its college-ready graduation policy in 2009, hoping to increase the likelihood that students would graduate with the necessary courses to go to a…
Descriptors: Graduation Requirements, College Readiness, Graduation Rate, College Attendance
Anthony P. Carnevale; Jeff Strohl; Kathryn Peltier Campbell; Artem Gulish; Ban Cheah; Emma Nyhof; Lillian Fix – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2024
Concerns about rising college costs and uncertain economic returns have combined with a wave of populist backlash to reduce public trust in higher education, which plummeted to new lows in 2023. President Biden, who ran his 2020 campaign on a platform that included student loan forgiveness and free community college, has focused some of his recent…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, College Graduates, Outcomes of Education, Access to Education
Elizabeth H. Curda – US Government Accountability Office, 2024
Research suggests that more students with disabilities are pursuing college than in years past. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to review issues regarding accessibility and accommodations for students with disabilities at colleges. This report examines (1) trends in and characteristics of the population of college students…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, College Students, Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled)
Meza, Elizabeth; Love, Ivy – New America, 2023
Community college bachelor's (CCB) programs have only existed for a few decades, yet now reach 25 states. Since 1989, both state policies allowing these programs and the number of CCB programs itself has grown steadily. A body of research on CCBs is growing in the wake of changing state policy and the growth of new programs. This literature review…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Bachelors Degrees, Student Diversity, Racial Differences
Indiana Commission for Higher Education, 2021
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has for years acknowledged and addressed the equity and achievement gaps that exist in the state's education pipeline. In 2013, the Commission passed a resolution to close Indiana's educational achievement gaps by 2025. In 2021, gaps are closing, but not quickly enough. Data must be the driving force…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Achievement Gap, Equal Education, College Attendance
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Becker, Renee Y.; Cox, Thomas – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2022
National employment data forecasts a significant need for graduates in the STEM disciplines for middle-income American jobs. If the American labor force is to keep pace with the global economy, it is critically important that American higher education increase STEM degree production. Currently, minority populations lack access and thus opportunity…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, STEM Education, Access to Education, Disproportionate Representation
Institute for College Access & Success, 2023
The Cal State Student Association (CSSA) and The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) examine trends in college affordability for California State University (CSU) bachelor's degree recipients compared to its original analysis published six years ago. This new report finds that in 2021-2022, nearly two in three CSU bachelor's degree…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Costs, Bachelors Degrees, Paying for College
Rodriguez, Olga; Mejia, Marisol Cuellar; Johnson, Hans – Public Policy Institute of California, 2019
A solid majority of California's future college-age population will come from demographic groups that have been historically underrepresented in higher education--including Latinos, African Americans, and those who are low income or the first in their families to go to college. PPIC research has shown that this demographic shift could make it more…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Disproportionate Representation, College Students, Minority Group Students
Washington State Board of Education, 2020
Through Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1599 (E2SHB 1599) the Legislature tasked the State Board of Education (SBE) with providing an analysis of the equity and adequacy of the new graduation pathway options through stakeholder outreach and engagement. SBE has solicited and received feedback on the graduation pathway options. In the…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Feedback (Response), Graduation, Postsecondary Education
Campbell, Tylar; Reddy, Vikash; Siqueiros, Michele – Campaign for College Opportunity, 2021
California has long been a destination of opportunity--and challenge--for Black Californians. Known for its innovation and economic prosperity, California's higher education institutions play a critical role for social and economic mobility for Black residents. In "The State of Higher Education for Black Californians," published in…
Descriptors: African American Students, Access to Education, College Role, Equal Education
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Stoker, Ginger; Mellor, Lynn – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2018
This study examines the impact of providing parents with an informational brochure about the role of algebra II in college access on students' grade 11 algebra II completion rates in Texas. One hundred nine schools, covering all 20 Educational Service Center regions in Texas, participated in the study. Parents in the 54 treatment schools were…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Parents, Algebra, Access to Education
Song, Mengli; Zeiser, Kristina L. – American Institutes for Research, 2019
Building on a previous randomized experiment of the impact of Early Colleges (ECs) (Berger et al., 2013), this follow-up study assessed longer-term impacts of ECs on students' postsecondary outcomes 6 years after expected high school graduation. It also explored the extent to which students' high school experiences mediate EC impacts.…
Descriptors: High Schools, Higher Education, Acceleration (Education), Dual Enrollment
Washington State Board of Education, 2020
The Washington Legislature directed the State Board of Education (SBE) to provide an analysis of the equity and adequacy of new graduation pathway options through stakeholder outreach and engagement. This report contains the "Second Interim Graduation Pathway Options Report--July 2020" and the "Washington Graduation Pathway Options:…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Feedback (Response), Graduation, Postsecondary Education
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Blume, Grant – Community College Research Initiatives, 2020
This data note explores the extent to which the student population earning baccalaureate degrees at community and technical colleges mirrors the demographic characteristics of the student population earning baccalaureate degrees in comparable programs of study offered by four public universities in Washington State. Demographic analysis reveals…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Technical Institutes, College Graduates, Graduation Rate
RMC Research Corporation, 2021
The New Hampshire Department of Education's (NH DOE) Bureau of Career Development (BCD) realized that students experienced inequitable access to career and technical education (CTE), with evidence suggesting that geographic location of high schools and CTE centers played a key role in driving inequitable access. To better understand the specific…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Access to Education, Equal Education, Barriers
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