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Download full textEducation Commission of the States, 2020
This report documents the results to date of reforms underway from The City University of New York (CUNY)--Strong Start to Finish (SSTF), one of the six systems that make up the first phase of the Strong Start to Finish initiative, an initiative of Education Commission of the States. CUNY colleges currently provide a range of options for…
Descriptors: Educational Change, College Mathematics, College English, Student Placement
Aceves, Aurelia De La Rosa; Greenberg, David M.; Schell, Sarah – MDRC, 2016
This brief is the third in a series documenting the implementation of an economic mobility initiative supported by New York City's Change Capital Fund (CCF). CCF is a consortium of New York City donors formed to invest in local nonprofits that undertake data-driven antipoverty strategies integrating housing, education, and employment services. CCF…
Descriptors: Community Services, Poverty Programs, Nonprofit Organizations, Integrated Activities
Direct linkVillavicencio, Adriana; Klevan, Sarah; Kemple, James – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2018
"The Expanded Success Initiative: Challenges and Progress in the Pursuit of College and Career Readiness for Black and Latino Young Men" synthesizes findings from the Research Alliance's four-year evaluation of Expanded Success Initiative (ESI). This report, draws on hundreds of interviews and focus groups with ESI school leaders,…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
Dobbs, Jennifer Kwon – Metropolitan Universities, 2012
This article explores the development of the Summer Tools, Information, Motivation, and Education (SummerTIME) Writing Program, the only program of its kind in Los Angeles that conducts self-assessment. The author describes the geographical and political boundaries separating inner-city Los Angeles high school graduates from higher education,…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Summer Programs, Urban Programs, High School Graduates
Peer reviewedWagner, Mary M.; Willms, Deborah – Education for Information, 2008
The paper reports on a collaborative education model involving library education, faculty and public library practitioners preparing under-represented and culturally diverse individuals for employment as support staff in public libraries. The Urban Library Program (ULP) is an intensive ten month education certificate at the para-professional…
Descriptors: Library Education, Program Effectiveness, Public Libraries, Educational Opportunities
Giles-Gee, Helen; Rozewski, Mark – Planning for Higher Education, 2006
Camden, New Jersey, a city of 80,000 located directly across the Delaware River from center-city Philadelphia, is, by any index of urban decay, one of the nation's most distressed urban centers. While severely ineffective, the city houses the essential building blocks of future recovery: branches of four colleges and universities and two major…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Lobbying, Educational Facilities Improvement, Urban Planning
