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Treskon, Mark; Cohen, Mychal; González, Jorge – Urban Institute, 2020
This report provides an overview of and learning agenda for the Save for College Program, a New York City scholarship and savings platform that incorporates family, school, neighborhood, and systems-level components. The report describes the program's design and approach, as well as its context and implementation to date. It also discusses metrics…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Money Management, Program Design, Program Implementation
Stohr, Alison; Fontana, Jason; Lapp, David – Research for Action, 2018
Research shows that exposure to teachers of color has a positive impact on students of all races, and particularly on students of color. Despite these positive effects, only 4% of Pennsylvania's teachers are people of color. This percentage is not only one of the lowest in the nation, but it is also starkly disparate from Pennsylvania's own…
Descriptors: Minority Group Teachers, Teacher Recruitment, Minority Group Students, Teacher Persistence
Chaney, Bradford; And Others – 1995
This survey gathered information on programs at institutions of higher education that are designed to increase the access of educationally or economically disadvantaged elementary and secondary students to higher education. In addition the study aimed to compare Upward Bound, one prominent federally funded program, with others around the nation.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Attendance, College Preparation, College Programs