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Outlines the benefits of postsecondary completion for individuals, families, and communities; challenges with completion; and a range of promising strategies to address that community colleges have been implementing to address the varied and complex reasons that keep low-income community college students from graduating.
Describes three practice support tools that highlight research evidence on the experience of boys and young men of color, specifically, and youth of color in general. These tools include:
Ensuring the Well-being of Boys and Young Men of Color: Factors that Promote Success and Protect Against Substance Use and Misuse.
Draws on a poll of higher education leaders in which they shared views on higher education attainment gaps. Although most higher education leaders agree that closing the gaps in higher education attainment is a bigger concern now than a year ago, nearly all also agree that college leaders can do more to close the gaps.
Provides information on how to develop high-quality emergency operations plans (EOPs), engage youth and the school community, and connect with other emergency management practitioners. Users can their own agency’s Website or emergency management Web page with the latest Federal school emergency management training and technical assistance resources and information for schools in their state or district.
Reports on college attainment. The report maintains that any new federal-state proposal aimed at making college more affordable must also simultaneously address completion problems by leveraging new investments to ensure that incoming students are better prepared, and making sure that colleges and universities prioritize student success, especially among historically underserved groups of students.
Features resources, materials, and tools created by the Great American Smokeout, aimed at helping schools and communities launch a campaign against smoking. These are for general audiences, as well as a college audience, and Spanish speakers.
Summarizes how workforce training at community colleges can address students’ financial needs. The research looks at how students finance their training; how community-college based workforce training programs do or do not coordinate with Title IV aid; and roadblocks and solutions for low-income students.
Reflects the most comprehensive research of emergency aid programs known to date. The report addresses the current condition of emergency aid, including 10 components of robust programs; challenges and opportunities for increasing the number of students served; and considerations for colleges that intend to more closely examine the influence of emergency aid on students’ persistence toward a degree.
Contains a letter from a principal to the parents of students selected to complete a school climate survey. The letter summarizes the Maryland Safe Supportive Schools (MD S3) program and includes a consent form.