Sentences with phrase «research 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.

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«College Selectivity and Degree Completion,» by Scott Heil of the City University of New York (CUNY), Liza Reisel of the Institute for Social Research in Oslo, and Paul Attewell of the CUNY Graduate Center, is the first study on this topic to use nationally representative data and to account for the higher graduation rates of highly selective institutions in terms of their ability to attract and enroll higher achieving students.

[9] For reviews of the research on strategies to improve college access and completion, see Deming and Dynarski (2009) and Page and Scott - Clayton (2016).

Professor Bridget Terry Long has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to conduct quantitative research on college enrollment and completion over the next four years.

There is less research on the impact of reducing tuition for higher - income students, who already have higher rates of college completion.

Indeed, the available research on FWS, while not definitive, suggests that it improves both degree completion and the likelihood of employment after college, in part by replacing off - campus jobs with more academically - compatible on - campus ones.

Recent research has shown that high - quality early - childhood education has large impacts on outcomes such as college completion and adult earnings, but no study has identified the long - term impacts of teacher quality as measured by value added.

Some of her projects have included: «Improving Access to College Information and Financial Aid,» a study on the effects of simplifying the financial aid application process; «Understanding Barriers and Examining Interventions,» a series of research studies focused on college enrollment and completion for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; and «Addressing the Problem of Insufficient High School Preparation,» which focuses on state efforts to regulate college remedial programs and reforms that attempt to reduce the need for remedCollege Information and Financial Aid,» a study on the effects of simplifying the financial aid application process; «Understanding Barriers and Examining Interventions,» a series of research studies focused on college enrollment and completion for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; and «Addressing the Problem of Insufficient High School Preparation,» which focuses on state efforts to regulate college remedial programs and reforms that attempt to reduce the need for remedcollege enrollment and completion for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; and «Addressing the Problem of Insufficient High School Preparation,» which focuses on state efforts to regulate college remedial programs and reforms that attempt to reduce the need for remedcollege remedial programs and reforms that attempt to reduce the need for remediation.

Her current research looks at the influence of customized and personalized text messages on FAFSA completion and college enrollment decisions.

«This brief offers relevant, scholarly research directly from the education community to help college access practitioners mitigate the problem of low college completion rates, especially among underrepresented student groups,» said IHEP President Michelle Asha Cooper, Ph.D. «With an increased national focus on postsecondary degree completion, understanding the role of social supports can be the key to providing college access practitioners with strategies to create comprehensive structures and increase self - efficacy, which in turn, improves student success.»

The Bridge to Completion research centers on the analysis of multiple data sets, including comparing similar schools and other large, urban districts as well as national data, and interviewing 50 - plus professionals representing the school district, community - based organizations, higher education and nationally recognized college access.

Last year, however, two studies — one by a Stanford University research group and the other commissioned by the Gates Foundation — found that some low - income schools using personalized models had positive outcomes on test scores, college prep course completion, and other measures.

Such differences in students» economic outcomes make the availability of data and research linking K - 12 education systems with information on college enrollment, persistence, and completion critical.

Over the past ten years, our research has addressed core questions such as (a) what effect has the CAHSEE requirement had on high school completion and college attendance?

Inside Higher Ed, Dec. 5, 2016 According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center's Signature Report, Completing College: A National View of Student Attainment Rates — Fall 2010 Cohort, recent declines in the overall national six - year completion rates have reversed and are now on an upward trajectory.

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...

Research on the performance of charter school students should not focus exclusively on standardized test scores but analyze other outcomes as well, including participation in advanced courses, graduation rates, and college attendance and completion.

Beginning in junior year, students focus on resume creation, ACT preparation, college application essay writing, data - driven college research, completion of admissions applications to at least nine colleges, completion of scholarship and FAFSA applications, and support of undocumented students in DACA enrollment and TASFA applications.

EDUCATION Hanover College — Hanover, IN Expected Completion — Dec 2018 Bachelor's Degree in Accounting & Finance • CGPA: 3.23 • Currently working on a ratio analysis comparison research project • Attended a seminar on Financial stability with US Secretary Finance as the chief guest