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Fletcher, Mick – 2000
In September 1999, a pilot program of Education Maintenance Allowances (EMAs) was introduced in 15 local education authorities (LEAs) in England to provide payments to students aged 16-19 who are from low-income families and who are attending full-time courses in schools and colleges. Participants are entitled to 2 years' support and must be…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Accountability, College Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
Gray, Michael; Peters, Jane; Fletcher, Mick; Kirk, Gordon – 2002
The impact of individual learning accounts (ILAs) on the success of learners in post-16 education sector in the United Kingdom was explored through an examination of available research on ILAs. The following were among the study's 12 messages for providers, the Department for Education and Skills, and the Individual Learning Account Centre: (1)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Programs, Delivery Systems, Educational Finance