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Provides a wealth of handbooks, newsletters, briefs, tutorials, and tools to assist through the twists and turns of program evaluation. Includes information for planning, data collection and analysis, and strategies to share results.
Provides a Brief, Workbook and Interactive Tool to assist state and local agencies with identification of alignment opportunities and facilitation of cross-agency conversations related to ESSA, Perkins V, IDEA and WIOA. Provides an interactive tool enabling swift search of laws addressing college and readiness topics for specific language in efforts to find new alignment opportunities.
Presents an evaluation of the Single Stop program and its impact on students' postsecondary outcomes. The authors examined the Single Stop program at four community college systems: Bunker Hill Community College, City University of New York, Delgado Community College, and Miami Dade College. The analysis indicates that use of Single Stop was associated with improved postsecondary outcomes.
Reviews research that suggests that the $4 billion annual investment in services to help underprepared students is having little positive impact on the success of those students in community colleges.
When Pima Community College in Arizona rolled out its first “Fast Track” programs in October 2021, allowing students to earn a stackable micro-credential that would lead to a high-paying job in as little as 12 weeks, Vice Chancellor of Workforce Development and Innovation Ian Roark wasn’t surprised that the programs generated a lot of interest from the community.
First-generation students often find it hard to navigate college life. Many face economic challenges, juggle jobs to support their families, and encounter social challenges. To help them, some colleges are going beyond academic support. They’re re-evaluating physical spaces on campus to figure out how to create an environment of belonging.
After struggling as an undergraduate at University of California, Irvine, Andrea Mora is now the school's director of basic needs and tasked with supervising various services that the university provides to students whose backgrounds and life stories are much like her own: students from low-income or immigrant backgrounds; first in their families to attend college; Black, Hispanic or Indigenous, or BIPOC.
Time flies when you are making progress. February 25 will mark one year of Dietra Trent being the executive director of The White House Initiative on HBCUs. The White House Initiative on HBCUs is an initiative dedicated to eliminating the barriers that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) face in providing the highest-quality education to a growing number of students.
Keeping students healthy, well, and engaged through their academic journey to graduation is one of the primary challenges for higher education. This was true prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and college and university leaders today must navigate a continued mental health crisis and determine how best to support student mental health on and off campus.
In Missouri, St. Louis County jail detainees can now take college credit courses through St. Louis Community College. Inmates who have a high school diploma can take up to two classes a semester and earn three credits for each eight-week session.