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1. AASCU. 2003. Access for all? Debating in-state tuition for undocumented alien students.
Examines issues surrounding undocumented immigrants and postsecondary education.
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2. Achieving the Dream. not dated. National and state data.
This webpage provides a basic overview of national data for community colleges in the U.S.
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3. Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. 2006. Mortgaging our future: How financial barriers to college undercut America's global competitiveness.
Focuses on how financial barriers created by rising college prices and insufficient need-based financial aid undercut bachelor’s degree attainment in the United States.
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4. Alliance for Excellent Education. 2007. In need of improvement: NCLB & high schools.
This article describes the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law and its shortcomings in relation to improving the current state of affairs in America's high schools.
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5. Alliance for Excellent Education. 2007. African American students and U.S. high schools.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, African-American students made up 16 percent of the public school population in 2004 (NCES 2006). These students, disproportionately concentrated in high-poverty, low-performing schools, are vulnerable to poor educational outcomes that undermine their chances for success in life.
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6. Alliance for Excellent Education. 2008. How does the United States stack up? International comparisons of academic achievement.
The United States has substantial inequities in achievement across the country, and international surveys show that the performance gap between the most- and least-proficient students in the United States is among the highest of all OECD countries (Kirsch et al. 2007).
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7. American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, State Public Interest Research Groups’ Higher Education Project, U.S. Student Association. 2005. Easy money: How congress could increase federal student aid funding at no additional cost to taxpayers.
Compares guaranteed loan programs with direct loan programs.
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8. American Association of Community Colleges. 2007. Community college fast facts.
This webpage reports data from the 2006 fall semester concerning community colleges in the U.S.
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9. American Association of State Colleges and Universities. 2007. Student charges and financial aid: 2006-07.
Higher education leaders and policymakers have implemented a range of policy options during the past year designed to hold the line on tuition and fee increases, boost predictability and stability in rate setting, and leverage rates for revenue and enrollment management purposes. These strategies have helped make college more affordable in the short run, but challenges loom in the long run.
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10. American Council on Education. 2006. College enrollment gender gap widens for White and Hispanic students, but race and income disparities still most significant new ACE report finds.
"The gender gap in higher education is widening among certain student populations, but is most striking among white and Hispanic traditional-age undergraduates, a new gender equity study conducted by the American Council on Education (ACE) concludes."
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11. American Council on Education. 2006. Credit card ownership and behavior among traditional-age undergraduates, 2003-04.
The U.S. Department of Education’s 2003–04 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) contains valuable information about student use of credit cards.
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12. American Council on Education. 2008. Facts about college access and affordability.
A new report to Congress by the Government Accountability Office paints a far different picture of college affordability than the rhetoric on Capitol Hill and in the media would suggest. This publication summarizes the report Higher Education: Tuition Continues to Rise, But Patterns Vary by Institution Type, Enrollment, and Educational Expenditures.
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13. Annie E. Casey Foundation . 2006. Over half of low-income children live with a parent who works regularly.
Recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey shows that in 2005, nearly 29 million U.S. children lived in low-income families. The majority of these children, or nearly 15 million, had at least one parent who worked regularly, demonstrating that a job alone doesn't always ensure sufficient income to provide for a family's basic needs.
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14. Annie E. Casey Foundation. Race matters: Unequal opportunities in education.
This fact sheet offers a quick source for analysis and strategies related to issues of inequity surrounding education. It is part of a series of documents in the "Race Matters Toolkit" designed to help decision-makers, advocates, and elected officials get better results in their work by providing equitable opportunities for all.
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15. Arroyo, C. 2007. The funding gap 2007.
The seventh funding gap report from The Education Trust documents continued injustice in state education funding patterns and for the first time shows how school districts serving high percentages of English Language Learners are shortchanged.
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16. Arroyo, C. 2007. The funding gap (Spanish version).
This Spanish-language version of the seventh funding gap report from The Education Trust documents continued injustice in state education funding patterns and for the first time shows how school districts serving high percentages of English Language Learners are shortchanged.
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17. Baum, S. 2003. NDSFA: The financial aid partnership.
Baum’s essay calls for the federal government to refocus the national financial aid agenda on providing access to higher education for all qualified students.
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18. Baum, S. 2002. The federal government and the student aid partnership.
Though it is both necessary and appropriate for the federal government, state governments, post-secondary institutions, and the for-profit and non-profit sectors to play distinct roles in the higher education financing process, they often find themselves in tension, rather than reinforcing efforts toward a common goal.
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19. Baum, S. 2009. Paying for college: Distinguishing between cost and price.
Before developing potential solutions to the problem of college affordability, it is essential to understand the basic tenets of college finance and how key concepts fit into the big picture of making educational opportunity affordable.
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20. Baum, S., and O'Malley, M. 2003. College on credit: How borrowers perceive their education debt.
These results from the National 2002 Student Loan Survey indicate that while most students believe student loans greatly increased their access to college, students at public universities assumed increased debt at a faster rate than students attending four-year private institutions.
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21. Baum, S., and Payea, K. 2004. Education pays 2004: The benefits of higher education for individuals and society.
Examines the benefits of higher education to individuals and to society, emphasizing the importance of making college a societal investment, rather than just an individual one.
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22. Baum, S., and Payea, K. 2005. Education pays update 2005.
This supplement to Education Pays 2004 includes information on some of the benefits of higher education, and provides details about gaps in higher education participation.
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23. Berliner, D. 2005. Our impoverished view of education reform.
This analysis of the role of poverty in school reform examines the relationship between poverty and academic performance and between poverty and the suppression of genetic talent.
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24. Bhargava, A., Frankenberg, E., and Le, C. 2008. Still looking to the future: Voluntary K-12 student integration: A manual for parents, educators, and advocates.
In 2005, The Civil Rights Project issued the first edition of this Manual, entitled Looking to the Future: Voluntary K-12 School Integration. This second edition of the Manual is designed to provide new information, following the Court’s ruling, on what parents, students, community activists, school board members, administrators, and attorneys—can and should do to promote diversity and avoid racial isolation in schools.
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25. Boushey, H. 2003. The debt explosion among college graduates.
This paper examines trends in indebtedness among recent college graduates over the last decade. College loan burdens increased among graduates all along the income distribution, at both public and private colleges and universities.
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26. Boushey, H. 2005. Student debt: Bigger and bigger.
This report examines debt levels among low, middle, and higher income families from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Survey.
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27. Bozick, R., Lauff, E., and Wirt, J. 2007. Education longitudinal study of 2002 (ELS:2002): A first look at the initial postsecondary experiences of the high school Sophomore class of 2002.
This report presents key data from the 2006 round of interviews of students from the longitudinal study of students who were high school sophomores in 2002.
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28. Bragg, D., Kim, E., and Rubin, M. 2005. Academic pathways to college: Policies and practices of the fifty states to reach underserved students.
"This study took an initial step to understand college access for undeserved students by conducting an “inventory” of existing and emerging academic pathways other than the traditional college preparatory track through which high school students transition to college."
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29. Bridgeland, J., Dilulio, J., and Wulsin, S. 2008. Engaged for success: Service-learning as a tool for high school dropout prevention.
This report presents original and secondary research that shows the ability of service-learning to address some of the principle causes of dropping out. It highlights findings from a nationally representative survey of 807 high school students, including 151 at-risk students, who share their views of service-learning.
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30. Cabrera, A., La Nasa, S., and Burkam, K. 2001. Pathways to a four-year degree: The higher education story of one generation.
Examines the reasons that post-secondary attendance patterns differ markedly between socio-economically disadvantaged students and their better off peers.
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31. Calkins, A., Guenther, W., Belfiore, G., and Lash, D. 2007. The turnaround challenge: Why America's best opportunity to dramatically improve student achievement lies in our worst-performing schools.
This report examines the widespread failure of efforts to improve the nation's lowest performing schools, and offers detailed recommendations to "turn around" low-performing schools.
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32. Carey, K. 2004. The funding gap 2004: Many states still shortchange low-income and minority students.
Shows the most up-to-date estimates of low-income and minority funding gaps in America, with a further look at how those gaps have grown in some states and have shrunk in others.
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33. Carey, K. 2008. Graduation rate watch: Making minority student success a priority.
This report examines differences in 6-year graduation rates for black and white students at U.S. colleges and universities.
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34. Carey, K., and Dillon, E. 2009. Drowning in debt: The emerging student loan crisis.
This report contends that if high college costs continue to force students to borrow more money and take on riskier (private) loans the consequences will be severe: reduced access to higher education, diminished life choices, and increasing rates of catastrophic loan default.
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35. Center for the Study of Education Policy, Illinois University, National Association of State Student Grant Aid Programs, and State Higher Education Executive Officers. 2006. Recession, retrenchment, and recovery: State higher education funding and student financial aid.
Examined the effects of recessions on financial access to college during the 25-year period 1979-2003, and identified states that have been relatively successful in maintaining financial access.
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36. Century Foundation . 2007. Equality and education, A Century Foundation project.
The Equality & Education Project examines the causes of inequality in our schools, analyzes reform proposals, and offers new possibilities to policymakers concerned with the future of education in America.
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37. Clinedinst, M. 2004. Investing in America's future: Why student aid pays off for society and individuals.
Reviews and synthesizes a vast array of studies and analyses conducted in recent years to paint a more complete portrait of the benefits that result from investment in student-based financial support.
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38. Coles, A., Corrlgan, M., and Dixon, G. 2006. College access marketing campaigns: Influencing college-going behaviors of underrepresented students.
Presentation which covers a number of aspects of college access marketing campaigns.
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39. Coles, A., Purcell, J., and Gonzalo, R. 2006. Early commitment financial aid programs - Do they increase college access?.
Presentation delivered at the College Board national forum which dicusses the efficacy of early commitment financial aid programs in promoting college access.
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40. Coley, R., and Barton, P., Educational Testing Service. 2006. Locked up and locked out: An educational perspective on the U.S. prison pipeline.
This Policy Information Report describes the rising prison population and its characteristics, examines the status of prison education programs and their impact, and describes programs that try to help ex-prisoners reenter society.
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41. College Board. 2003. Challenging times, clear choices: An action agenda for college access and success.
Intended to refocus the nation’s priorities on the subject of student financial aid and to place access to higher education at the center of the nation’s commitment to educational funding.
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42. College Board. 2005. The impact of demographic changes on higher education.
During the summer of 2005, the College Board convened a small group of higher education and policy experts to discuss the implications of demographic changes projected for the next 15 years in the U.S.
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43. College Board. 2007. Trends in student aid 2007.
This report presents annual data on the amount of financial assistance distributed to students to help them pay for postsecondary education.
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44. College Board. 2007. Advanced placement report to the nation: 2007.
This Report uses a combination of state, national, and AP Program data to provide each U.S. state with context for celebrating its successes, understanding its unique challenges, and setting meaningful and data-driven goals to prepare more students for college success.
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45. College Board. 2007. The CollegeKeys Compact: Getting ready, getting in, and getting through college: Expanding options for low-income students.
This document outlines a new Compact to build the capacity of the College Board and its members to get low-income students ready for, into, and through college.
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46. College Board. 2008. The 4th annual AP report to the nation.
This Report uses a combination of state, national, and AP Program data to provide each U.S. state with context it can use to celebrate its successes, understand its unique challenges, and set meaningful and data-driven goals to prepare more students for success in college.
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47. College Board. 2009. Trends in college pricing 2009.
Trends in College Pricing provides extensive data describing the variety of college prices in the U.S. and tracking those prices over time.
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48. College Board. 2009. Trends in student aid 2009.
Trends in Student Aid provides extensive data describing student aid of all types from all sources.
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49. CollegeBoard. 2006. Trends in college pricing 2006.
"Provides up-to-date information on tuition and other expenses associated with attending public and private nonprofit institutions of postsecondary education in the United States."
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50. CollegeSavingsCrunch. 2006. Graduating with debt: The biggest threat to young American's financial well-being?.
This research, conducted among recent college graduates, demonstrates the profound effects of student loan debt on graduates well-being, financial security, and career and lifestyle choices after college.
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51. Conley, D., and Glauber, R. 2008. Wealth mobility and volatility in black and white.
In an era where college and professional degrees have become more important to achieving middle-class status, wealth may be more important than ever. Parents use their wealth to finance their children’s education, which ultimately contributes to securing their offspring’s economic well-being. This report discusses wealth mobility in the United States and discusses how mobility (and security) dynamics differ by race.
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52. Council for Adult and Experiential Learning. 2008. Adult learning in focus: National and state-by-state data.
This report is designed to provide a comprehensive look at adult learning in America at the national and state levels.
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53. Council for Adult and Experiential Learning. 2008. Adult learning in focus: Individual state profiles and downloadable data.
This clickable map provides a two page profile of adult learning in each state, as well as access to additional data online.
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54. Council for Adult and Experiential Learning. 2008. State policies to bring adult learning into focus.
This policy guide has been prepared as a companion guide to help policymakers navigate and better understand how to use the findings of the report 'Adult Learning in Focus: National and State-by-State Data'.
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55. Council for Adult and Experiential Learning. 2008. Annotated bibliography: Adult learning in focus: National and state data report.
This document is the annotated bibliography from the CAEL and NCHEMS report Adult Learning in Focus: National and State-by-State Data.
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56. Cunningham, A., and Milam, J. 2005. Feasibility of a student unit record system within the integrated postsecondary education data system.
This report describes the feasibility of collecting individual enrollment and financial aid information for each student in postsecondary education.
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57. Delta Project. 2008. Delta project on postsecondary education costs, productivity, and accountability.
The mission of the Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity, and Accountability is to help improve college affordability by controlling costs and improving productivity.
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58. Dougherty, K., Reid, M., Crosta, P., Nienhusser, H., and Walker, N. 2007. Fifty states of achieving the dream: State policies to enhance access to community colleges across the United States.
This report gives the results of a 50-state survey of state policies affecting community college practices in three main areas: student access, student success, and performance accountability.
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59. Draut, T., and Silva, J. 2004. Generation broke: The growth of debt among young Americans.
This briefing paper documents the rise in credit card and student loan debt between 1992 and 2001 and examines the factors contributing to young adults’ increased reliance on credit cards.
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60. Draut, Tamara. 2008. Economic state of young America.
This data book is designed to provide a comprehensive portrait of today’s 20-somethings, and where possible, compares their economic status to that of the previous generation when they were just starting out. The book is organized into five key areas: jobs and income, debt and savings, college access and attainment, and housing and raising a family.
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61. Dynarski, S., and Scott-Clayton, J. 2006. The feasibility of delivering aid for college through the tax system.
This paper describes the complexity of the aid system and shows how this complexity is a serious obstacle to both efficiency and equity. Using data from federal student aid applications, the authors argue that the benefits of complexity, in terms of improved targeting, are small. They propose a radically simplified aid process whereby Pell Grants are administered through the tax system.
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62. Eckel, P., and King, J. 2004. An overview of higher education in the United States: Diversity, access, and the role of the marketplace.
Describes the major characteristics of postsecondary education in the U.S., and identifies challenges to access, affordability, and diversity.
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63. Education Trust. 2003. African American achievement in America.
Describes shortcomings in African American educational achievement, and examines consequences of the gap beyond high school.
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64. Education Trust. 2006. Yes we can: Telling truths and dispelling myths about race and education in America.
This report shows that teacher quality is the single most important factor in student achievement, and that African American children are twice as likely to be taught by inexperienced teachers that White children.
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65. Education Trust. Not dated. Education watch online.
Ed Watch Interactive is a user-friendly source of data on educational performance and equity by race and class, kindergarten through college.
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66. Education Trust, Inc. 2003. Latino achievement in America.
Examines Latino educational achievement in America, describing the postsecondary consequences of the Latino achivement gap.
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67. Educational Needs Index. 2006. Educational needs index.
The Education Needs Index (ENI) is a county-level study of educational, economic, and population pressures that influence educational policy and planning at local, regional, and state levels.
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68. Educational Testing Service. 2008. ETS Policy Notes: Adult education in America.
This issue of ETS Policy Notes briefly summarizes the results of the Adult Education Program Survey (AEPS) sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and conducted by ETS. The results provide a comprehensive picture of federally supported adult education activities in the United States.
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69. Fenske,R., Geranios, C., Keller, J., and Moore, D. 1997. Early intervention programs: Opening the doors to higher education.
This report addresses issues related to the increasing growth of early intervention programs to encourage high school graduation and college attendance among students from low-income and minority groups.
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70. Forbes Magazine. 2007. Best Business Schools.
This website provides Forbes Magazine's rankings of the best business schools in the United States and other countries.
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71. Frankenberg, E., and Siegel-Hawley, G. 2008. Are teachers prepared for racially diverse schools? Teachers describe their preparation, resources, and practices for racially diverse schools.
Given the changing racial demographics of the nation’s schools and the primary role of teachers in shaping the education of their students, this report takes advantage of a unique opportunity to ask a broad sample of more than 1,000 of the country’s educators about subjects that are rarely studied in national surveys.
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72. Galloway, F., and Wilson, H. 2005. Reframing the student loan costing debate: The benefits of competition.
Examines the behavior of the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) in the absence of and in the presence of the Direct Loan Program (DLP) to identify the impact of competition.
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73. Gerald, D., and Haycock, K. 2006. Engines of inequality: Diminishing equity in the nation's premier public universities.
Grades 50 leading public universities and on their success or failure in enrolling low-income and minority students and in graduating minority students.
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74. Gillie, S. 2007. Career development in context: Selected trends in education, economics, labor, and society.
Presentation describing macro forces that will affect career development in the twenty-first century.
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75. Gillie, S., and Rasmussen, K. 2005. College access in Indiana and the United States: A 2005 status report.
Focuses on themes pertinent to Indiana college access and success, including the decline in high school graduation rates, disparities in postsecondary preparation, and the growing male achievement gap.
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76. Government Accountability Office (GAO). 2009. Stronger department of education oversight needed to help ensure only eligible students receive federal student aid.
For-profit schools–also known as proprietary schools–received over $16 billion in federal loans, grants, and campus-based aid under Title IV of the Higher Education Act in 2007/08. GAO was asked to determine (1) how the student loan default profile of proprietary schools compares with that of other types of schools and (2) the extent to which Education’s policies and procedures for monitoring student eligibility requirements for federal aid at proprietary schools protect students and the investment of Title IV funds.
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77. Hart, P. D. and Teeter, R. M. 2003. Quality, affordability and access: Americans speak on higher education.
Report on public opinion which examines American's views of higher education.
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78. Heller, D. 2006. Merit aid and college access.
Offers an overview of trends toward merit-based financial aid, providing data on the growth of merit-based grants in recent years.
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79. Hillman, N. 2007. Student loans and public accountability.
Public trust in higher education has been dealt a blow as a result of scandals in the student-loan industry. College presidents, financial-aid officials, and university government-relations professionals have an important opportunity to demonstrate leadership and regain public support by answering calls for accountability with public steps that reaffirm their commitment to student access and success.
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80. Horn, L. 2006. Placing college graduation rates in context: How 4-Year college graduation rates vary with selectivity and the size of low-income enrollment.
Provides a systemwide overview of how graduation rates of comparable 4-year institutions vary with selectivity and the number of low-income students enrolled.
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81. Hunt, J., and Tierney, T. 2006. American higher education: How does it measure up for the twenty-first century.
Examines the condition of higher education in the U.S., noting the increasing need for an educated workforce to help the nation remain competitive in the global marketplace.
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82. Immerwahr, J., Johnson, J., Gasbarra, P. Campus commons? What faculty, financial officers, and other think about controlling college costs.
With budgets under pressure and anxiety about whether college is accessible to all qualified students, this report points to the need for policymakers, public higher education leadership, and faculty to work together to find ways to keep public higher education costs under control.
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83. Inside Higher Ed. 2006. Documenting the shift to merit.
Examines movement toward financial aid based on criteria other than financial need at public and private colleges and universities.
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84. Inside Higher Ed. 2006. Grappling with the access problem.
Describes a conference held at the University of North Carolina to address the growing problem of college access for economically disadvantaged students.
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85. Inside Higher Education. 2006. Gender gap grows.
This brief summarizes a 2006 study by the American Council on Education examining the growing gender gap in higher education.
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86. Institute for Higher Education Policy. 1998. Do grants matter?.
Reexamines the relationship between grant assistance and overall college affordability.
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87. Institute for Higher Education Policy. 2002. The policy of choice: Expanding student options in higher education.
Updates key data, lays out the past and present issues of college choice and discusses the goals of federal student aid and the effectiveness of federal aid programs in meeting them.
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88. Institute for Higher Education Policy. 2006. Convergence: Trends threatening to narrow college opportunity in America.
Declining grant aid, changing demographics, competition among colleges, and other factors will collide, according to this new report, leading to diminished college participation for the nation’s fastest growing and most disadvantaged groups.
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89. Jobs for the future. 2007. Making opportunity affordable: Reinvesting in college access and success.
The multi-year Making Opportunity Affordable: Reinvesting in College Access and Success initiative is focused on assisting states and institutions in addressing three fundamental problems: stagnant educational attainment, escalating spending, and eroding quality.
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90. Johnstone, D. B. 2003. NDSFA: Fundamental assumptions and aims underlying the principles of federal financial aid to students.
Fundamental assumptions and aims underlying the principles of federal financial aid to students.
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91. Jones, D., and Kelly, P. 2007. Mounting pressures facing the U.S. workforce and the increasing need for adult education and literacy.
At a time when economic competitiveness is determined to a considerable extent by the education levels of a nation’s workforce, the United States is at serious risk of losing its edge in this realm. While the U.S. still has the best-educated workforce in the world, the advantage arises because of the superior education attainment levels of the generation that is approaching the age of retirement. Those entering the workforce have not attained the same level of education as their counterparts in numerous other counties.
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92. Kahlenberg, R. 2007. A new way on school integration.
This brief argues that socioeconomic integration provides a more powerful way of promoting academic achievement than racial integration.
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93. Kahlenberg, R. 2006. Socioeconomic school integration, Race, class, and integration: Gaining new insights.
A presentation on socioeconomic integration prepared for the Center for Children and Childhood Studies of Rutgers University.
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94. Kahlenberg, R. 2006. White students are racially isolated.
Segregation remained high in 2005-06 for all racial groups except Asians. White students remained the most racially isolated, although they attended schools with slightly more minority students than in the past.
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95. Karpowitz, D, and Kenner, M. Not Dated. Education as crime prevention: Reinstating Pell Grant eligibility for the incarcerated.
Describes the consensus among public officials that higher education is the single most effective and cost efficient method of crime prevention.
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96. Katsinas, S., and Priest, B. 2004.