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Direct linkCastleman, Benjamin; Goodman, Joshua – Education Finance and Policy, 2018
Though counseling is one commonly pursued intervention to improve college enrollment and completion for disadvantaged students, there is relatively little causal evidence on its efficacy. We use a regression discontinuity design to study the impact of intensive college counseling provided by a Massachusetts program to college-seeking, low-income…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Economically Disadvantaged, Low Income Students, Enrollment
Download full textMoss, Gary L.; Chippendale, Ene Kaja; Mershon, Clark W.; Carney, Trisha – Journal of College Admission, 2012
The role of standardized tests in general and college admission tests in particular is a hot topic for educators, administrators and others evaluating the outcomes of educational institutions. The importance of the test scores for both students and institutions is acknowledged, and the test preparation industry has spawned into a multi-billion…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Admission, Standardized Tests, Test Preparation
Fitzgerald, Robert; Ottem, Randolph; Hufford, Justine – Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2016
This report examines outcomes for grade-12 students in academic years (AY) 2010-11, 2011-12, and 2012-13 who were enrolled in a Linked Learning certified pathway (LLCP) in California. Outcomes include student engagement in learning, measured by high school attendance and discipline events, as well as college readiness and postsecondary enrollment.…
Descriptors: Grade 12, Outcomes of Education, High School Students, Vocational Education
College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2011
This is the Executive Summary for the full report, "Complexity in College Admission: The Barriers between Aspiration and Enrollment for Lower-Income Students." In September 2007, the College Board formed the Task Force on Admissions in the 21st Century in response to a request from the Guidance and Admission Assembly Council (GAA…
Descriptors: College Admission, Low Income Students, Barriers, Academic Aspiration
Garza-Reyna, Gina Lydia – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this quantitative study was to track, compare, and analyze the college readiness of two cohorts of Hispanic English Language Learners (ELLs) by examining scores on state exit-level and national college entrance exams. One cohort was enrolled in the early-exit Transitional Bilingual Education (TBE) program, while the other cohort was…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, English (Second Language)
Watt, Karen M.; Huerta, Jeffery; Lozano, Aliber – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2007
This study examines 4 groups of high school students enrolled in 2 college preparatory programs, AVID and GEAR UP. Differences in student educational aspirations, expectations and anticipations, knowledge of college entrance requirements, knowledge of financial aid, and academic achievement in mathematics were examined. Adelman's (1999)…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Grade 10
Bailis, Lawrence Neil; Hahn, Andrew; Aaron, Paul; Nahas, Jennifer; Leavitt, Tom – 1995
This volume, first in a series, contains a literature review of the college access field, as well as case studies and lessons for community leaders interested in designing or reforming college access programs. The college access field contains many well thought out programs that are widely believed to be effective in helping minority and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Admission, College Bound Students, Cost Effectiveness
