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Good Policy, Good Practice. Improving Outcomes and Productivity in Higher Education: A Guide for Policymakers (Part I)
(National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), 2007-11-01)
This report describes a wide range of successful strategies from which states can draw to increase the educational attainment of their residents while holding down higher education costs. Part I offers examples of strategies, ...
Fast Facts Report for the Student Support Services Program
(U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education, 2016)
The Student Support Services (SSS) program—one of the federal TRIO programs—was authorized in 1968 by the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a), as amended. The goal of SSS is to increase the postsecondary persistence ...
Comparing Student Outcomes Between Student Support Services Participants and Nonparticipants in the 2004/09 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study
(U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education, 2019-05-01)
This report compares the academic achievements attained by students who first participated in the Student Support Services (SSS) program as college freshmen in the 2003–04 academic year with the achievements of students ...
National Evaluation of Student Support Services: Examination of Student Outcomes After Six Years: Final Report
(U.S. Department of Education Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development Policy and Program Studies Service, 2010)
This is the final report of the National Evaluation of Student Support Services (SSS). SSS is one of eight federally funded grant programs that are administered as part of the Federal TRIO Programs within the U.S. Department ...
Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math-Science Programs Postsecondary Outcomes Report
(U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education, 2016-09-01)
This report presents postsecondary outcomes for the regular Upward Bound (UB) and Upward Bound Math-Science (UBMS) programs —two of the federal TRIO programs. The goal of UB and UBMS programs is to increase the rate at ...
Rethinking Higher Education
(U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2018-12-01)
American postsecondary education has immeasurably expanded economic opportunity, improved our quality of life, fostered advances in art and culture, and driven scientific and technological innovation. This report presents ...
Low-Income Students Who They Are and How They Pay for Their Education
(U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2000-03-01)
Students from low-income families typically need substantial financial assistance to be able to attend college. This report examines the characteristics of low-income undergraduates and how they pay for college. It begins ...
Fast Facts Report for the Talent Search Program
(U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education, 2016)
The Talent Search (TS) program is one of the Federal TRIO Programs — a group of seven outreach programs funded by the U.S. Department of Education (Department). The goal of TS is to support students from disadvantaged ...
Reviving Higher Education in India
(The Brookings Institution India Center, 2019-11-27)
Reviving Higher Education in India Hindi India has seen a dramatic increase in the capacity of its higher education sector in the last two decades. Enrollment in higher education has increased four-fold since 2001. However, ...
Graduate School Debt: Ideas for Reducing the $37 Billion in Annual Student Loans That No One Is Talking About
(Center for American Progress, 2020-01-01)
The sustained rise in graduate debt also has substantial equity implications, particularly for Black students. Black students are more likely to borrow in graduate school and have more undergraduate debt than their white ...