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Summarizes focus groups with young people in eight drop-in centers and youth shelters in New York City. These discussions centered on how experiences of homelessness, and the issues accompanying it, impact young people’s ability to enter and complete a postsecondary pathway of their choosing — whether entering college, a high-quality job training program, or a meaningful career path.
Provides information about eighteen colleges and universities that were awarded grants from Truth Initiative to adopt a 100 percent tobacco-free campus policy, a move that will protect more than 100,000 students and employees across 17 states.
Presents results of a survey of illicit drug, alcohol, and tobacco use among people 12 years of age and older. Includes national estimates of the rates of use, trends, numbers of users, and other measures, such as youth-related prevention measures.
Describes results based upon the first 36 responses received from the 2016 National Survey of Access and Finance Issues conducted by the Education Policy Center (EPC) at the University of Alabama. This report examines federal issues in higher education, including specific issues in the battleground states of the 2016 election (the 14 states defined by Real Clear Politics). This analysis contains 8 of the 14 battleground states.
Shares the results of the 2016 biennial survey of college parents. The findings of this report are consistent with two prior research studies and confirm that “college families are an important source of support for increasing student success and college completion.”
Contains one-page program summary of the 4 Examples of Excelencia and the 16 finalist programs making a positive difference in the educational achievement of Latino students in higher education. These programs do not serve Latino students exclusively, but each program disaggregates their data and can demonstrate success with Latino students.
Summarizes the views of more than 32,000 students at 43 randomly selected four-year institutions. The survey reveals a crisis of confidence among most students regarding their readiness to launch careers. The findings also point to solutions, revealing three career-focused experiences at institutions that can help students feel significantly more confident about their preparation for the workforce.
Discusses the results of KIPP's Alumni Survey for the first time. The findings from this survey, which was conducted in 2016, illuminated key challenges for KIPP alumni in college when it comes to managing finances and finding work-study jobs and internships. Twenty-five percent of KIPP alumni in college are financially supporting other family members at the same time they are going to school, and 40 percent of alumni in college skip meals to pay
Recognizes selected programs that are making a positive difference in the educational achievement of Latino students in higher education. Although these programs do not serve Latino students exclusively, data demonstrate that they have been successful with this population.
Examines non-medical prescription drug use, including the reasons for and consequences of use, access to prescription drugs and perceptions of use among students. The purpose of the survey is to understand the non-medical use of prescription drugs among college students.