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Smith, Amelia; Rauner, Mary – WestEd, 2020
This brief, the third in a series produced by the California College Promise Project (CCPP) at WestEd, describes research conducted by the CCPP on the relationship between the 2017 legislation "Community Colleges: California College Promise" (AB19) and the structure of local College Promise programs. The analysis examines College Promise…
Descriptors: College Programs, Community Colleges, State Legislation, Educational Legislation
Jacobs, Christine, Ed.; Whitfield, Sarah, Ed. – Brookings Institution, 2012
Recent increases in tuition levels, accelerated by declining state funding to institutions, have combined with stagnant or falling household incomes to make it more difficult for many college students to finance postsecondary education. In this environment, state grant programs are more important than ever. These funds have the potential to make…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, College Students, State Aid, Grants
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Linhorst, Donald M.; Bennett, Leslie; McCutchen, Tami – Mental Retardation, 2002
This article describes Options for Justice, an agency that provides education and training to professionals and direct services to offenders with developmental disabilities. Recommendations for developing and implementing similar programs are offered. Areas addressed include assessing need, funding, selection of program services, staffing, the…
Descriptors: Adults, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Criminals
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Excerpts from the National Collegiate Athletic Association Presidents' Commission policy paper on intercollegiate athletics reform address such issues as the college experience of athletes, awarding of student financial aid, eligibility, the effects of competition, recruitment policies, program effects on institutions as well as athletes, and…
Descriptors: Athletes, Change Strategies, College Athletics, Competition
Lyons, Margaret F.; Whitebear, Anthony M. – 1978
System Development Corporation conducted an extensive project of conceptualization and planning of models for compensatory educational intervention for disadvantaged youth at the secondary and postsecondary levels. One of the initial steps in the planning process was the identification of components in programs presently being implemented in the…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Compensatory Education, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Youth