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1. 2007. The Chafee Educational and Training Voucher (ETV) program: Six states experiences.
This publication examines how the Chafee educational and training vouchers and other state-based supports for higher education have been working for young adults aging out of foster care. The National Foster Care Coalition (NFCC) has worked closely with six states to examine the implementation of the Chafee ETV Program since its inception in 2003: California, Maine, Montana, New York, North Carolina, and Wyoming.
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2. 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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3. ACT. 2007. Setting students' sights on college: Chicago public schools.
This case study explores the results the Chicago Public Schools saw when it instituted citywide administrations of EXPLORE and PLAN.
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4. ACT, Inc. 2007. Using EPAS™ to evaluate school-based intervention programs: GEAR UP.
This article examines how ACT's EPAS can be used to evaluate school-based intervention programs.
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5. ACT, Inc. 2007. Using EXPLORE® and PLAN® Data to Evaluate GEAR UP Programs.
This report compares changes in academic readiness and college intent between students from GEAR UP schools and students from non-GEAR UP schools
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6. Advisory Committee on Student Financial Aid. 2008. Transition matters: Community college to bachelor's degree.
This report details the proceedings of the Advisory Committee’s Community College Symposium, held on December 10, 2007 in Washington DC. The symposium featured community college leaders who described efforts to overcome barriers to transition from community colleges to four-year degree programs.
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7. Alliance for Excellent Education. 2007. Asian Pacific Islander American Students and U.S. high schools.
Because Asian American students as a group score higher than any other race on proficiency tests, many observers assume that there is no need to be concerned about their collective academic progress. Asian American students are often stereotyped as the “model minority,” and it is assumed that most of them do extremely well academically, especially in math and science. This stereotype causes psychological, social, and emotional problems for many Asian American students.
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8. American Association of State Colleges and Universities. 2006. Addressing the needs of adult learners.
This article describes the importance of addressing adult learners' unique needs.
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9. American Council on Education. 2004. Improving lives: State and federal programs for low-income adults.
This online searchable database contains state and federal programs to help low-income adults participate in higher education.
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10. American Council on Education. 2006. Improving lives: Ensuring the academic success of low-income adults.
Webpage for the Improving Lives project--a multifacted three-year project of the ACE Center for Policy Analysis funded by Lumina Foundation for Education to Address the issue of academic success for low-income adults.
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11. American Indian College Fund and National Endowment for Financial Education. 2007. Developing your vision while attending college.
This resource consists of four guides focusing specifically on the college planning concerns of American Indian students: Making the Decision to Attend College, Paying for a College Education, Managing Your Money, and Choosing Your Path.
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12. Back to College. Back to College (Back2College).
This site provides information for adult students returning to college or entering graduate school.
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13. Ball State University Guardian Scholars Progam. 2007. An overview of post-secondary support programs for former foster youth.
This publication disseminates information related to postsecondary supports for former foster youth, based on interviews with support program staff.
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14. Baum, S., McPherson, M., and Steele, P. 2008. The effectiveness of student aid policies: What the research tells us.
The papers in this volume assess the state of knowledge about the effectiveness of existing student aid policies and programs. 226 pages.
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15. Bergstrom, A., Cleary, L., and Peacock, T. 2003. The seventh generation: Native students speak about finding the good path.
The authors interviewed 120 American Indian, Alaska Native, and First Nations youth from across N. America who shared their challenging life experiences and stories of success and failure.
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16. Berker, A., and Horn, L. 2003. Work first, study second: Adult undergraduates who combine employment and postsecondary enrollment.
Compares two groups of working undergraduates according to the emphasis they place on work versus postsecondary enrollment.
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17. Bloom, D., Redcross, C., Zweig, J., and Azurdia, G. 2007. Transitional jobs for ex-prisoners: Early impacts from a random assignment evaluation of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Prisoner Reentry Program.
This paper presents early results from an evaluation of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) in New York City, a highly regarded employment program for former prisoners.
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18. Bosworth, B., and Choitz, V. 2002. Held back: How student aid programs fail working adults.
Focuses on working adults in low-wage, low-skilled occupations, with no postsecondary credentials.
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19. Boylan, H. 2004. Forging new partnerships: Adult and developmental education in community colleges.
This paper examines the relationship between developmental and adult education in community college settings, the nature of the collaboration between the two programs in colleges that provide both kinds of courses, and characteristics that foster collaboration.
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20. Breaking Through. 2008. Breaking through: Helping low-skilled adults enter and succeed in college and careers.
The goal of Breaking Through is to strengthen postsecondary outcomes for low-income adults by focusing on strategies that create more effective pathways into and through pre-college and degree-level programs. Breaking Through has four main components and four high leverage strategies to increase access to and success in college for low-literacy adults.
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21. Breaking Through. 2008. Breaking through: Factsheet.
Around the country, innovative community colleges are helping low-skilled adults gain the valuable skills and credentials that are the gateway to family-supporting careers. Breaking Through, a multi-year demonstration project, promotes and enhances the efforts of community colleges to help low-literacy adults prepare for and succeed in occupational and technical degree programs.
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22. Brock, T., Jenkins, D., Ellwein, T., Miller, J., Gooden, S., Martin K., MacGregor, C., Pih, M., Miller, B., and Geckeler, C. 2007. Building a culture of evidence for community college student success: Early progress in the Achieving the Dream initiative.
This report, a coproduction of MDRC and the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University’s Teachers College, describes Achieving the Dream’s attempt to build a “culture of evidence” at the first 27 community colleges that joined the Building a Culture of Evidence initiative.
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23. Callaway, S. 2004. Unintended admission consequences of federal aid for homeschoolers.
One of the laudatory goals of the HEA amendment was to smooth the transition to the college process facing homeschoolers. The legislation appears to have made it easier for most to get financial aid, however the difficulties facing less-fortunate homeschoolers are wide-spread.
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24. Campbell, L., Egawa, K., and Wortman, G. 2003. Increasing the achievement of Native American youth at early college high schools.
As part of the national Early College High School Initiative, a new approach to improving high school and college graduation rates is underway in Washington State.
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25. 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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26. Casey Family Programs. 2003. Higher education reform: Incorporating the needs of foster youth.
Recommends modest changes to the Higher Education Act to address the multitude of barriers faced by foster youth in the pursuit of healthy and successful lives.
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27. Center for Law and Social Policy. 2004. Disconnected youth: Educational pathways to reconnection.
Addresses the plight of disconnected youth, and describes education pathways to reconnection for these youth.
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28. Center for Native Education. 2007. Center for native education.
In 2002, the Center for Native Education began operations with a vision: make college going the norm for Native peoples within a single generation. Through innovative programming such as the Early College High School Initiative, the New Path Program and Making College the Norm, the Center for Native Education is raising educational hopes and results.
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29. Center for Student Opportunity. 2006. CSO College Center: A student gateway to college access, opportunity, and success.
CSO College Center is an initiative of Center for Student Opportunity, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to promote college access and opportunity among first-generation and historically underserved student populations.
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30. Center for Student Opportunity. 2006. Center for Student Opportunity.
Center for Student Opportunity™ (CSO) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting higher education opportunities for first-generation and other historically underserved college-bound students.
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31. Choitz, V., and Prince, H. 2008. Flexible learning options for adult students.
This paper takes a close look at emerging trends in public postsecondary education that offer adult learners more flexible access to courses and help accelerate their progress through credential programs.
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32. 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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33. College Access Marketing. 2008. Achieving college access goals: The relevance of new media in reaching first-generation and low-income teens.
This brief explores the meaning of new media and what research shows about how underserved students use it. It also summarizes the results of a recent survey of low-income, first-generation students' media use.
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34. 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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35. Cook, B., King, J., and guest essayists Carnevale, A., and Desrochers, D. 2004. Low-income adults in profile: Improving lives through higher education.
Examines the low-income adult student population, describing challenges these students face, and explaining rationales for the importance of ensuring college success for this vulnerable population.
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36. Cook, N., and King, J. 2005. Improving lives through higher education: Campus programs and policies for low-income adults.
Represent one of the first and most comprehensive efforts to assess how low-income adult students are served in colleges and universities.
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37. Council for Adult and Experiential Learning. 2000. Serving adult learners in higher education: Principles of effectiveness.
This report describes seven basic characteristics of non-traditional students. By using one or a combination of these criteria NCES estimates that over 60 percent of students in U.S. higher education can be characterized as non-traditional.
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38. 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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39. 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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40. 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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41. 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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42. Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL). Not dated.. Council for Adult and Experiential Learning.
The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) is a national non-profit organization which creates and manages effective learning strategies for working adults through partnerships with employers, higher education, government and labor.
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43. Cushman, K. 2005. First in the family: Advice about college from first generation students.
Provides information and advice to potential first generation college students, drawing on the experiences of other first generation students who have successfully navigated the complex processes of college planning and application.
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44. Davis, R. 2006. College access, financial aid, and college success for undergraduates from foster care.
This report intends to fill the knowledge gap about the postsecondary experiences of undergraduates who enter college from foster care.
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45. Dowd, A., Bensimon, E., Gabberd, G., Singleton, S., Macias, E., Dee, J., Melguizo, T, Cheslock, J., and Giles, D. Not Dated. Transfer access to elite colleges and universities in the United States: Threading the needle of the American dream.
While full-time community college enrollment is growing faster than enrollment at four-year schools, the opportunity to transfer to elite institutions is shrinking. Fewer than one of every 1,000 students at the nation’s most selective private institutions is a community college transfer, despite high rates of degree completions among students who manage to transfer from community colleges to elite colleges and universities.
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46. Duke, A., and Strawn, J. 2008. Overcoming obstacles, optimizing opportunities: State policies to increase postsecondary attainment for low-skilled adults.
This report is part of the Breaking Through Initiative, designed to help community colleges identify and develop institutional strategies that can enable low-skilled adult students to enter into and succeed in occupational and technical degree programs at community colleges. The report outlines six key tasks policymakers can use to increase the number of low-skilled adults that succeed at the community college level and enter the labor force with a postsecondary credential.
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47. 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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48. ECMC Foundation. 2003. Realizing the college dream (English and Spanish versions).
Realizing the College Dream is a curriculum guide that supports teachers, counselors and community-based organizations in their work to increase the expectations of attending college by low-income and first-generation college students and their families. Please complete the (brief) free registration form to access the guide.
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49. ECMC Foundation. 2006. PERSIST: A comprehensive guide for student success in higher education.
“PERSIST: A Comprehensive Guide for Student Success in Higher Education” is a toolkit for postsecondary educators to help at-risk students successfully navigate the varied aspects of the college experience. This guide was created to provide tools to help postsecondary professionals increase the success rates of those students who are the most at risk for dropping out – first-generation college-going students, those from low-income families, commuter students, and nontraditional age students.
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50. 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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51. EducationQuest Foundation. Not Dated. EducationQuest.
The EducationQuest Foundation's college planning website.
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52. Engle, J., Bermeo, A., and O’Brien, C. 2007. Straight from the source: What works for first-generation college students.
Based on intensive focus group interviews with first-generation college students who are recent alumni of TRIO’s Talent Search and Upward Bound programs, this report offers a comprehensive look at the struggles of students who are the first in their families to pursue postsecondary education. These include academic, financial, familial, and work issues.
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53. Erisman, W., and Looney, S. 2007. Opening the door to the American Dream: Increasing higher education access and success for immigrants.
This report describes the demographic and educational characteristics of the U.S. immigrant population and discusses barriers faced by legal immigrants seeking to enroll in postsecondary education. The report focuses on older immigrants, who confront significant challenges in understanding and gaining access to the U.S. system of higher education because they did not attend American primary and secondary schools.
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54. Friedman, P. Not dated.. Post-secondary education options for low-income students.
This web article describes the needs of low-income students and how agencies, businesses, and educational institutions can develop programs and resources to help meet these needs so that low-income students have the opportunity to succeed in postsecondary education.
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55. Fry, R. 2007. How far behind in math and reading are English Language Learners?.
As Congress considers the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law, an analysis of recent data from standardized testing around the country shows that the fast growing number of students designated as English language learners (ELL) are among those farthest behind.
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56. Gardenhire-Crooks, A., Collado, H., and Ray, B. 2006. A whole 'nother world: Students navigating community college.
MDRC’s Opening Doors Demonstration is measuring the effects of various combinations of curricular reforms, enhanced academic advising, and increased financial aid intended to increase the persistence and improve the academic achievement of students at six community colleges across the United States. This qualitative study, a complement to the Opening Doors impact evaluation, asked students about the factors that affect their ability to persist in community college.
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57. Geckler, C., Beach, C., Pih, M.,and Yan, L. 2008. Helping community college students cope with financial emergencies: Lessons from the Dreamkeepers and Angel Fund financial aid programs.
This is the final report from MDRC of two programs created by Lumina Foundation for Education to assist community college students at risk of dropping out because of unexpected financial crises.
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58. George Washington University HEATH Resource Center. 2007. Creating options 2007: Financial aid for individuals with disabilities.
This resource paper provides an overview of student financial aid and discusses the roles and responsibilities of those who play a significant part in the process of providing aid to students with disabilities.
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59. George Washington University Heath Resource Center. 2007. George Washington University Heath Resource Center: Online clearning house on postsecondary education for individuals with disabilities.
The George Washington University HEATH Resource Center is an online clearinghouse on postsecondary education for individuals with disabilities. The HEATH Resource Center Clearinghouse has information for students with disablities on educational disability support services, policies, procedures, adaptations, accessing college or university campuses, career-technical schools, and other postsecondary training entities.
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60. 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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61. Gold, N. 2006. Successful bilingual schools: Six effective programs in California.
the The goal of this study is to illustrate that bilingual schools are capable of providing opportunities for students to achieve and sustain high levels of academic excellence even when faced with challenges such as poverty and a lack of English proficiency upon entering school.
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62. Government Accountability Office. 2006. Childcare and early childhood education: More information sharing and program review by HHS could enhance access for families with limited English proficiency.
Questions have been raised about whether parents with limited English proficiency are having difficulty accessing child care and early education programs for their children. Research suggests that quality early care experiences can greatly improve the school readiness of young children.
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63. Gray, A. 2007. Financing asset building and financial education programs for youth transitioning out of foster care.
Asset-building and financial education programs are essential to help young people develop savings habits and accumulate assets that will put them on a pathway to financial stability and well-being. The role that parents and caregivers play in helping children and adolescents develop sound financial skills becomes much more significant for youth in foster care, many of whom reach independence with little family support and few positive adult role models.
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64. Guide to Colleges for Mothers. 2007. Guide to colleges for mothers.
For college moms, pregnant college students and students who are parents: pregnant and parenting teens, married families, LBGT families and single mothers, this guide gives the scoop on housing, day care and support.
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65. Hatfield, K. M. . 2003. Funding higher education for adult students.
A chapter from a book that is designed to help student services personnel assist adult students to understand and navigate through the financial aid process and to pursue alternative ways of funding their higher education.
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66. Hispanic Scholarship Fund. Not Dated. Destination university: A guide to college for students and their families (English Version).
This guide assists Hispanic students and their families in preparing for college, beginning the college preparation process in middle school, and continuing through high school.
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67. Hoffman, M., Vargas, J., and Santos, J. 2008. On ramp to college: A state policymaker's guide to dual enrollment.
This report shows how dual enrollment can serve as an “on ramp” to postsecondary education for students who are otherwise unlikely to attend college. The report also highlights examples of successful state-wide dual enrollment efforts and provides a step-by-step plan for policymakers to create successful programs and policies and to assess their current approaches.
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68. Hollenshead, C. S., and Miller, J. E. 2001. Diversity workshops: Gender equity--a closer look.
This article seeks to explicate the complex issue of gender equality in higher education opportunities.
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69. Horn, L., Nevil, S., and Griffith, J. 2006. Profile of undergraduates in U.S. postsecondary education institutions: 2003-04, With a special analysis of community college students.
This report focuses on community college students, who represent about 4 in 10 undergraduates, or about 7.6 million students nationwide.
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70. Indiana Chamber of Commerce. 2008. Indiana's adult education and workforce skills performance report: Preparing adults for a brighter future.
This Performance Report is intended to supplement important efforts that are already underway in Indiana. It gauges the ability of the state’s education providers to address the long-term workforce needs of the state.
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71. Indiana Commission for Higher Education. 2008. Reaching higher college completion (working paper).
This working paper examines college participation and completion in Indiana, focusing on college access and degree completion.
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72. Indiana Commission for Higher Education. 2008. Reaching higher with Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana: Focusing on the roll of community colleges.
This working paper is a supplement to the Commission’s Reaching Higher: Strategic Directions for Higher Education in Indiana adopted in June 2007. The working paper was prepared to elicit further discussion and define action items for moving forward with strategic directions on Indiana’s community college.
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73. Indiana Department of Child Services. 2008. Indiana Chafee Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Program.
The Indiana Education and Training Voucher Program offers funds to foster youth and former foster youth to enable them to attend colleges, universities and vocational training institutions. Students may receive up to $5000 a year for four years as they pursue higher education. The funds may be used for tuition, books or qualified living expenses. These funds are available on a first-come, first-served basis to students out of the Indiana foster care system.
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74. Isenhour, M., and Gillie, S. 2005. Foster youth educational attainment: An annotated bibliography of online resources.
Annotated bibliography of articles related to issues surrounding higher education and foster youth.
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75. John Keckhaver. September 2008. Willing and Able, But Not Eligible.
Without financial assistance, many working adults cannot afford postsecondary programs no matter how valuable participationmay be to their future earnings and their family’s long-term economic success.
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76. Kahlenberg, R. 2004. Economic diversity on campus.
On April 14, 2004, Richard Kahlenberg spoke to the National College Access Network's conference "College Opportunity 2005."
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77. Kazis, R., Callahan, A., Davidson, C., McLeod, A., Bosworth, B., Choitz, V., and Hoops, J. . 2007. Adult learners in higher education: Barriers to success and strategies to improve results.
This article describes the barriers that adult students face in higher education.
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78. Kienzl, G. 2008. Recent participation in formal learning among working-age adults with different levels of education.
This issue brief uses data from the 2001 and 2005 adult education surveys of the National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES) to examine the participation of adults in formal learning activities during the 12 months preceding the survey, focusing on the participation of adults who at the end of the survey had the lowest levels of education (no high school diploma, or a GED).
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79. Krueger, C. 2006. In state tuition for undocumented immigrants.
Provides information on individual state legislation and actions to address the issue of postseoncdary access for undocumented immigrant students.
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80. Kuh, G., Cruce, T., Shoup, R., Kinzie, J., and Gonyea, R. 2007. Unmasking the effects of student engagement on college grades and persistence.
This study examines relationships between student engagement, college GPA, and persistence. Engagement had positive, statistically significant effects on grades and persistence between the first and second year of study for students from different racial and ethnic backgrounds and had compensatory effects for historically underserved students in that they benefited more from participating in educationally purposeful activities in terms of earning higher grades and being more likely to persist.
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81. Langford, B., Flynn-Kahn, M., and Sherman, R. 2007. Connected by 25: Financing entrepreneurship programs for youth transitioning out of foster care.
This publication is one of a series of briefs exploring strategies for financing supports and services that help youth in foster care make successful transitions to adulthood. Youth entrepreneurship programs examined in this report offer multiple benefits regardless of whether youth end up starting profitable businesses.
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82. Lawrence, S., Mears, D., Dubin, G., and Travis, J. 2002. The promise and practice of prison programming.
This report focuses specifically on employment-related programs in prison.
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83. Liebowitz, M., and Taylor, J. 2004. Breaking through: Helping low-skilled adults enter and succeed in college and careers.
Examines whether and how community colleges can significantly improve the odds that low-income, low-skilled adults earn college-level occupational and technical credentials.
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84. Lumina Foundation for Education. 2006. Lumina Foundation focus: Barrier busters: Community colleges and their students embrace challenges.
highlights the role of community colleges in breaking down barriers to postsecondary participation by providing accessible colleges and promoting postsecondary success.
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85. Lumina Foundation for Education. 2006. Fixing the formula: A new approach to determining independent students' ability to pay for college.
This discussion takes an innovative approach to determining independent students’ ability to pay for postsecondary education.
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86. Lumina Foundation for Education. Not dated. . Lumina Foundation for Education: Adult learners.
This website discusses the prevalence of adult students in postsecondary education and the importance of meeting the unique needs of these students.
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87. Matus-Grossman, L. and Gooden, S. T. 2000. Opening doors to earning credentials: Impressions of community college access and retention from low-wage workers.
This paper presents impressions from a qualitative study on access and retention issues for low-wage working parents.
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88. Mazzeo, C., Rab, S. Y., and Alssid, J. L. 2003. Building bridges to college and careers: Contextualized basic skills programs at community colleges.
This study documents five community colleges that have targeted hard-to-employ adults for training and employment assistance.
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89. McDonald, J. 2002. Foster care independence act of 1999 and John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program.
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services 2001 Program Report documented services provided to youth in care in the 2001 fiscal year.
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90. McSwain, C., and Davis, R. 2007. College access for the working poor: Overcoming burdens to succeed in higher education.
Expanding access to higher education is critical to improving the lives of the working poor, as jobs in today’s economy increasingly require some higher education. The nation also needs higher educational achievement levels from this substantial sector of the population—about 14 percent of individuals ages 24–64—in order to meet the growing demands for a more highly skilled workforce.
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91. MDRC. Opening Doors project publications.
This website provides publications on MDRC's Opening Doors project and the positive outcomes that this program has had on low-income students in postsecondary education.
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92. Mechur-Karp, M., Gara, L., and Hughes, K. 2008. Do support services at community colleges encourage success or reproduce disadvantage?.
This study examines the ways that student support services in community colleges inadvertently perpetuate and legitimate disadvantage. Using interview data from students at two colleges in the northeast, we find that although support services are open to all students, only those who come to the college with pre-existing social and cultural resources can take advantage of them.
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93. Mid-America Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel . 2005. TRIO Mid-America Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (MAEOPP).
MAEOPP is a recognized non-profit consortium of professionals with the specific purpose of leveling the playing field of educational opportunity for first generation, low income, and disabled students.
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94. National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. 2008. Foster youth: Tips for completing the FAFSA (2008-09).
Lists questions on the 2008-09 FAFSAA that may cause problems for foster youth, and explains how to properly answer these questions.
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95. National Association of System Heads and The Education Trust. 2007. Access to success initiative.
This national initiative, a project of the National Association of System Heads and the Education Trust, is designed to increase the number of college-educated Americans and ensure that graduates include far more young people from low-income and minority families.
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96. National Center for Education Statistics. 2003. Characteristics of undergraduate borrowers: 1999-2000.
A report that describes student borrowing by comparing different groups of undergraduate borrowers.
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97. National Center for Education Statistics. 2002. Condition of education 2002: Special analysis, nontraditional undergraduates.
This article provides an overview of postsecondary education in 2002, as well as special analyses on private schools and nontraditional undergraduate students.
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98. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). 2007. Condition of education 2007.
Annual statistical portrait of education in the United States.
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99. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). 2008. Condition of education 2008.
The Education Department has released the 2008 edition of “The Condition of Education,” an annual compilation of statistics from various agency studies.
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100. National Immigration Law Center. 2005. Basic facts about in-state tuition for undocumented immigrant students.
Contains background information on laws passed by nine states permitting certain undocumented students who have attended and graduated from primary and secondary schools to pay in-state tuition.
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101. New England Journal of Higher Education. Not Dated. New England Journal of Higher Education .
This site provides free online access to archived journal material related to college access and success in New England and across the nation.
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102. Olsen, L. 2006. Ensuring academic success for English learners.
Despite major policy efforts to impact English Language Learner (ELL) achievement, the gap between ELLs and English-fluent students has remained almost constant over the past decade.
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103. Orphan Foundation of America. 2008. StateVoucher.org (Education and Training Vouchers).
This site provides a clickable state map and drop-down menu of states that link to information about Education and Training Vouchers (ETV)s for foster youth in each state.
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104. Orphan Foundation of America. 2008. Orphan Foundation of America.
Founded in 1981, the Orphan Foundation of America (OFA) serves thousands of foster teens across the United States, providing them with college scholarships, connecting them with mentors and internships, sending them care packages, amd testifying before Congress as passionate champions of foster youth.
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105. Payne, R. 2005. Understanding and working with students and adults from poverty.
Identifies and examines a framework for working with students and adults from generational poverty.
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106. Pell Institute . Opportunity matters: A journal of research informing educational opportunity, practice and programs.
Opportunity Matters is an annual research journal that provides a scholarly forum to discuss, disseminate, and stimulate research related to educational opportunity programs and the populations they serve - primarily low-income, first-generation, and minority college students, as well as students with disabilities.
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107. Perna, L., Cooper, M., and Li, C. 2006. Improving educational opportunties for students who work.
This paper asks: What can institutions do to improve the educational experiences of students who work? What is the nature of student employment? Why do students work? And what are the consequences of working for students’ educational experiences?
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108. Person, R. and Hakes, F. 2007. Project Complete.
This briefing paper describes the adult college degree completion program developed by Indiana University Kokomo in north central Indiana.
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109. Price, D., and Bell. A. 2008. Federal access policies and higher education for working adults.
This report briefly summarizes the limitations of current federal access policies with particular attention to working adults.
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110. Price, D., and Roberts, B. 2007. Strengthening financial aid policies for low-income working adults.
A few states – including several with Working Poor Families Project partners – are in the forefront of addressing college access for working adults. This policy brief describes these efforts and offers recommendations for states to strengthen financial aid programs that facilitate the enrollment of working adults and their success in college.
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111. Project Stepping Stone. 2008. Project stepping stone: A college preparation program for Hispanic youth.
Project Stepping Stone is a free one-week college preparatory program for for Hispanic Junios and Seniors across Indiana, who are interested in college. This program helps Hispanic high school students successfully transition to college and beyond, and introduces participants to numerous career possibilities.
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