Sentences with phrase «on college completion»

We then use that prediction, rather than the actual expectation captured on the survey, when estimating the effects of expectations on college completion.

We are proud of our challenging approaches, insistence on accountability, high academic expectations and relentless emphasis on college completion.

Traditional research on college completion has focused on factors such as socioeconomic status and high school academic preparation, but less is known about how psychological factors predict college outcomes.

KIPP had already started reporting on college completion in 2008, but the network's college completion rates did not meet its goals — although they significantly exceeded averages for low - income students.

Paul Tough discusses his New York Times Magazine cover story on college completion on «Morning Joe,» MSNBC, May 2014.

Regardless, by staking their reputations on college completion, KIPP and other No Excuses schools are rapidly approaching something of a «put up or shut up» moment.

Bob Hill, who is a former teacher at Match Public Charter School in Boston, now coaches alumni from high schools across Boston on college completion, in a new program set up by Match Education.

Prominent foundations such as Lumina, Kellogg and Ford have begun focusing on community colleges, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently announced it would spend up to half a billion dollars over the next four years on a college completion initiative.

It has launched an aggressive focus on college completion for low - income students, which President Barack Obama has picked up as a theme.

First, we replicate our previous results on the causal impact of teacher expectations on college completion and the effects of race match on expectations.

Full Report Due from National Student Clearinghouse Research Center in December Will Include Expanded Cohort HERNDON, VA, NOV. 21, 2013 — The National Student Clearinghouse ® Research Center ™, in an early look at results from its upcoming Signature Report on college completions, found that completion rates have remained steady this year in comparison to its 2012...