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Reports on the far-reaching economic benefits of HBCUs on the students they educate and their communities. The study sets forth the benefits HBCUs produce in detailed, dollars-and-cents terms and shows that money spent in, around, and by the nation’s HBCUs and their students drives economic growth both on and off campus—and that effect is multiplied over time.
Discusses innovative ways to advance student success focus. College Futures Foundation has found that working in partnership at the regional level with institutions that share students in common “feeder patterns” can be a game changer in addressing barriers to student progress.
Proposes building on the Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) Program to structure an institutional grant program that better supports the availability of high-quality child care for parents pursuing postsecondary credentials (student-parents). Compared with the existing federal program, the proposed program would be larger and better targeted to address the substantial needs of low income student-parents.
Provides a first look at selected findings from the first follow-up of the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09). HSLS:09 focuses on understanding students’ trajectories from the beginning of high school into higher education and the workforce.
Explores the civic learning and engagement efforts of Massachusetts’ public higher education system in five areas: vision of preparing citizens as a core educational commitment; development of a state higher education policy on civic learning; creation of civic engagement and service-learning course designations; progress in statewide assessment accountability for civic learning; and policies to align civic learning across the K-16 education cont
Outlines Secretary DeVos' remarks on changes to Title IX enforcement at a meeting with students and faculty at George Mason University. In her remarks, the Secretary laid out the problems with the current failed system and the need to establish a regulatory framework that serves all students.
Examines technology-mediated advising reform in order to contribute to the understanding of how colleges engage in transformative change to improve student outcomes. Conceptualizing such change as occurring along three interrelated dimensions of organizational functioning (structural, process, and attitudinal), the paper seeks to understand the contexts that encourage or discourage transformation of advising and student support.
Provides information and examples on how colleges and universities can help students create healthy habits. The article focuses on a comprehensive approach, high impact practices, healthy habits and religious pluralism, and supporting mental health.
Helps subscribers locate full-text versions of the research articles featured in each issue of the Higher Education e-Digest. The Higher Education e-Digest features links to research citations to help readers stay up to date on the latest relevant research in the field. Due to copyright law, however, the Center cannot provide full-text journal articles.
Summarizes the results of a survey examining food and housing insecurities among more than 4,000 undergraduates matriculating at 10 community colleges across the nation. The results found that about half of community college students are struggling with food or housing insecurities or both. The challenges in these areas varied in severity, from marginal security to very low security.