Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 102 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 653 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 1845 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 3684 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 356 |
| Policymakers | 247 |
| Teachers | 188 |
| Administrators | 163 |
| Students | 101 |
| Researchers | 57 |
| Parents | 41 |
| Community | 39 |
| Counselors | 24 |
| Media Staff | 8 |
| Support Staff | 3 |
| More ▼ | |
Location
| California | 250 |
| Texas | 233 |
| Canada | 216 |
| Florida | 194 |
| United States | 182 |
| New York | 165 |
| Ohio | 135 |
| Washington | 131 |
| North Carolina | 102 |
| Illinois | 99 |
| Colorado | 93 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Meets WWC Standards without Reservations | 32 |
| Meets WWC Standards with or without Reservations | 45 |
| Does not meet standards | 30 |
Download full textGandy, Rex; Crosby, Lynne; Luna, Andrew; Kasper, Daniel; Kendrick, Sherry – Association for Institutional Research, 2019
While Markov chains are widely used in business and industry, they are used within higher education only sporadically. Furthermore, when used to predict enrollment progression, most of these models use student level as the classification variable. This study uses grouped earned student credit hours to track the movement of students from one…
Descriptors: Markov Processes, Enrollment Projections, Higher Education, College Credits
Direct linkNational Association of College and University Business Officers, 2019
Now in its eleventh year, the "2019 Student Financial Services Benchmarking Report" has become a key component in our efforts to help institutions compare their key financial indicators against national averages and self-selected institutional peer groups. [For "2018 Student Financial Services Benchmarking Report," see…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Financial Services, Loan Repayment, Expenditures
Peer reviewedKalibwani, Rebecca; Kakuru, Medard; Carr, Alexis; Tenywa, Moses – Journal of Learning for Development, 2021
An evaluation study of the Lifelong Learning for Farmers (L3F) program was undertaken in two sites; in the central and northern regions of Uganda. Propensity Score Matching (PSM) was used to measure the impact of the program on crop and household income, as well as the empowerment levels of its participants. The two sites had differences not only…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Rural Farm Residents, Extension Agents, Rural Extension
Brown, Mark – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2021
The COVID-19 crisis has given rise to the question, what are the main trends in online learning? What might the future look like? While predicting the future is best left to those who appear to have a crystal ball, the need for big picture helicopter thinking has never been more apparent as online learning remains under the spotlight. This paper…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Acton, Riley – Education Finance and Policy, 2021
Recent efforts to increase college access and completion concentrate on reducing tuition rates at community colleges, but researchers and policy makers alike have expressed concern that such reductions may not lead to long-term gains in college completion. In this paper, I use detailed data on students' college enrollment and completion outcomes…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Paying for College, Tuition
Norvilitis, Jill M.; Linn, Braden K. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2021
This study examined predictors of three measures of financial well-being in 354 college students. Results suggest that perceptions of debt are important in understanding financial well-being, but these perceptions need to be considered alongside of individual differences in anxiety, optimism, and parental teaching. Further, regression analyses…
Descriptors: Debt (Financial), Anxiety, College Students, Well Being
Scott, Andrew P.; Jones, Katie; Smole, David P.; Labonte, Marc; Aussenberg, Randy Alison; Lewis, Kevin M.; Billings, Kara Clifford; Lindsay, Bruce R.; Boyle, Conor F.; Lowry, Sean; Colello, Kirsten J.; Lynch, Karen E.; Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.; Marples, Donald J.; Davis, Patricia A.; McCarty, Maggie; Dilger, Robert Jay; Mitchell, Alison; Dortch, Cassandria; Myers, Elizabeth A.; Driessen, Grant A.; Perkins, David W.; Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L.; Perl, Libby; Fernandez, Bernadette; Peterman, David Randall; Forsberg, Vanessa C.; Rosso, Ryan J.; Fountain, Joselynn H.; Sherlock, Molly F.; Gravell, Jane G.; Skinner, Rebecca R.; Hahn, Jim; Stoltzfus, Emilie; Halchin, L. Elaine; Tang, Rachel Y.; Hegji, Alexandra; Topoleski, John J.; Isaacs, Katelin P.; Whittaker, Julie M. – Congressional Research Service, 2021
Since March 2020, a number of laws have been enacted to provide relief to people and businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. These include the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA; P.L. 116-127) and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act; P.L. 116-136), both enacted in March 2020; the Consolidated…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Federal Legislation, Federal Aid, Pandemics
Lueken, Marty F. – EdChoice, 2021
From an analysis of 40 private educational choice programs in 19 states plus D.C., this report summarizes the facts and the evidence on the fiscal effects of educational choice programs across the United States. The programs in the analysis include 3 education savings accounts programs, 19 school voucher programs, and 18 tax-credit scholarship…
Descriptors: School Choice, Private Schools, Educational Vouchers, Educational Finance
Education Commission of the States, 2021
Scholarship tax credit programs provide a tax credit to businesses and individual taxpayers for donating funds to scholarship granting organizations. Nonprofit organizations manage and distribute donated funds in the form of private school tuition scholarships to eligible students. There are currently 24 scholarship tax credit programs in 19…
Descriptors: State Programs, Scholarships, Tax Credits, School Choice
Federal Student Aid, US Department of Education, 2021
Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education, ensures that all eligible Americans benefit from federal financial assistance--grants, loans, and work-study programs for education beyond high school. By championing the promise of postsecondary education, the office upholds its value as a force for greater inclusion in American…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Student Loan Programs, Federal Aid, Postsecondary Education
Frank Conic – ProQuest LLC, 2021
In May 2013, the governor of Florida signed into law Senate Bill 1720, which fundamentally changed how institutions of higher education manage remedial programs. Institutions seemed to be responding to the high demand for education by channeling large percentages of incoming first-year students to remedial classes based on assessment test scores,…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Remedial Programs, Higher Education
Palmer, Richard; Gupta, Mahendra; Brandt, James – Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 2018
Based on survey responses of 350 colleges and universities in North America in 2017, we find that the majority of benefits from purchasing card use are falling to a minority of card-using educational institutions. This study examines the extent to which p-card programs at colleges and universities in North America "fail to launch," and…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Failure, Colleges, Universities
Krishnan, Saras; Idris, Noraini – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2018
In using the Rasch model to improve the quality of an instrument, analysis purports to determine if the sample collaborates well with the items in the instrument such that the results are measuring a single underlying variable. The relevant properties of Rasch analysis are reliability and validity which are key indicators of the quality of a…
Descriptors: Models, Item Response Theory, Construct Validity, Content Validity
Lueken, Martin F. – Journal of School Choice, 2018
This article conducts a fiscal analysis of 10 tax-credit programs in seven states. In total, the 10 programs in the present study represent 90% of all scholarships awarded in tax-credit scholarship programs today. The analysis employs a set of cautious assumptions about switcher rates and students who receive multiple scholarships to generate a…
Descriptors: Tax Credits, Scholarships, School Choice, Educational Finance
Whinnery, Erin – Education Commission of the States, 2018
This 50-State Comparison provides a national overview of state policies to award college students with academic credit for military experience. This resource provides a link to the data table that answers the question, "Does the state have a policy to award academic credit for military experience?" Key findings are also listed.
Descriptors: College Students, College Credits, Prior Learning, Military Service
