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What Works in College Outreach: Assessing Targeted and Schoolwide Interventions for Disadvantaged Students
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Domina, Thurston – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2009
By offering information, counseling, and tutoring, college outreach programs attempt to smooth the path between high school and higher education for at-risk students. But do these program work? This paper uses longitudinal data from the Education Longitudinal Study to construct two quasi-experiments to assess the effectiveness of college outreach.…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Best Practices, Intervention, At Risk Students