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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, ...
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 ...
Achieving the Dream in Connecticut: State Policies Affecting Access to, and Success in, Community Colleges for Students of Color and Low-Income Students
(Community College Research Center Teachers College, Columbia University, 2006-11-11)
Connecticut is one of two states in the second round of the Achieving the Dream initiative. In joining the initiative along with Ohio, it brings in a northern state that is quite different from the five southern and ...
Leveling the Playing Field: Expanding Access to Higher Education
(Demos, 2004-08-04)
There has been a fundamental shift in our nation's priorities for ensuring access to higher education. In the 1970s and 1980s, most aid was awarded in grants, while loans remained relatively low. Over the last two decades, ...
Fair and Facially Neutral Higher Educational Admissions Through Disparate Impact Analysis
(Michigan Journal of Race and Law, 2004)
Using Title VII disparate impact jurisprudence as a point of departure, this article argues that higher education admissions policies should be subjected to disparate impact scrutiny, and proposes a feasible and effective ...
Issues Affecting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth
(National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute, 2003)
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the extent of anti-LGBT harassment and bias, its impact on students, policy interventions that support LGBT students and improve school climate, and the changing policy ...
Staying in School After Welfare Reform: How Beyond Welfare, Inc. Supports Student Mothers in Higher Education
(University of Michigan, Center for the Education of Women, 2005-05-01)
Post-secondary education has long proven to be the most reliable path out of poverty. Lack of higher education is one of the most prevalent barriers to women leaving welfare and poverty successfully. Further, post-secondary ...
College Grants on a Postcard: A Proposal for Simple and Predictable Federal Student Aid
(The Brookings Institution; The Hamilton Project, 2007-02-01)
Despite a range of federal programs designed to offset the cost of college, evidence shows that they have limited impact on the college attendance rate of even high-performing low- and middle-income students. The authors ...
Championing Success: A report on the progress of Tribal College and University alumni
(The Institute for Higher Education Policy for the American Indian College Fund, 2006-04-01)
This report presents the findings from an original survey and personal interviews conducted with American Indian College Fund scholarship recipients. The report is a snapshot of how scholarship recipients are faring after ...
Are College Students Borrowing Blindly?
(Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings, 2004-12-01)
Improving the college search process by making college costs more transparent to potential students and their families is a primary focus of recent higher education policy efforts. This analysis, drawing on data from two ...