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- Enrolling More Veterans at High-Graduation-Rate Colleges and UniversitiesBond Hill, Catharine; Kurzweil, Martin; Davidson Pisacreta, Elizabeth; Schwartz, Emily (ITHAKA S+R, 2019-01-10)In the U.S military veterans are another underrepresented group at these well-resourced institutions. Only one in ten veterans using GI Bill benefits enrolls in institutions with graduation rates above 70 percent, while approximately one in three veterans using GI Bill benefits attends a for-profit institution. In this report, the authors outline the data on veteran college enrollment and success, discuss some of the barriers—for both institutions and student veterans—to increasing opportunity for veterans at high-graduation-rate colleges and universities, and suggest strategies for overcoming those barriers, including a review of some of the institutions and programs currently seeking to address these issues.
- Expanding Opportunity for Lower-Income Students: Three Years of the American Talent InitiativeSchwartz, Emily; Kurzweil, Martin; Le, Cindy; LaViolet, Tania; Perlstein, Elizabeth; Davidson Pisacreta, Elizabeth; Wyner, Joshua S. (American Talent Initiative, 2020-02-20)The American Talent Initiative (ATI) was formed in December 2016 to address a persistent issue—specifically, that the American colleges and universities with the greatest resources, and where students have the highest likelihood of graduating, have historically served far too few young people from low- and middle-income backgrounds. The American Talent Initiative has a goal to enroll an additional 50,000 low- and middle-income students at these institutions by the year 2025. The report explores strategies at the ATI member institutions making the most progress, particularly the importance of pursuing a comprehensive strategy with leadership and financial support, and discusses the challenges that institutions must overcome to achieve the 50,000-student goal.