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	Returning to Learning: Adults' Success in College is Key to America's Future PDF Read a summary of findings from the Emerging Pathways project, which seeks to identify the diverse needs and characteristics of adult learners, understand patterns of enrollment in credit and non-credit-bearing courses and offer advice to postsecondary institutions and policymakers committed to adult learners' success. (March 2007)
	Critical Connections: Linking States' Unit Record Systems to Track Student Progress PDF Learn why better student-tracking data would enhance efforts to help college students succeed and fill a critical economic need to increase the number of students who earn college degrees. (February 2007)
	Paths to Persistence: An Analysis of Research on Program Effectiveness at Community Colleges PDF Learn why an increased commitment to research on community colleges must play a role in strategies to increase student success. (January 2005) Printed copies are no longer available. Please download a PDF version PDF or request a reprint.
	Powerful Partnerships: Independent Colleges Share High-impact Strategies for Low-income Students' Success PDF Read a volume of essays solicited and chosen by the Council of Independent Colleges illustrating the range of institutional efforts that can influence access and success for low-income students. (October 2004)
	Fifty Years of College Choice: Social, Political and Institutional Influences on the Decision-making Process PDF by Jilian Kinzie, Megan Palmer, John Hayek, Don Hossler, Stacy Jacob and Heather Cummings: Review 50 years of changes in student demographics, admissions practices and shifts in public policies relating to student choice. (September 2004)
	When Saving Means Losing: Weighing the Benefits of College-savings Plans PDF by Roberto M. Ifill and Michael S. McPherson: Learn why federally subsidized college savings plans seldom aid low-income families and may even penalize these families. (July 2004)
	Unintended Consequences of Tuition Discounting PDF by Jerry S. Davis, Lumina Foundation: Find out why tuition discounting - the strategic use of financial aid to lower the sticker price of a college education for designated applicants - may carry unintended, negative consequences for colleges and universities and some low-income students. (May 2003)
	Meeting the Access Challenge: Indiana's Twenty-first Century Scholars Program PDF by Edward P. St. John, Glenda Droogsma Musoba, Ada B. Simmons and Choong-Geun Chung, Indiana Education Policy Center: Examine a program that has been shown to improve postsecondary opportunity for low-income students. (August 2002) Printed copies are no longer available. Please click here PDF for a PDF version.
	Hope Works: Student Use of Education Tax Credits PDF by Barbara A. Hoblitzell and Tiffany L. Smith, University of California, Office of the President: Examine the effectiveness of the Hope and Lifetime Learning tax credits in helping students at a large state university system meet the cost of college. (November 2001) Printed copies are no longer available. Please click here PDF for a PDF version.
	Learning in the Fast Lane: Adult Learners' Persistence and Success in Accelerated College Programs PDF by Raymond J. Wlodkowski, Jennifer E. Mauldin and Sandra W. Gahn, the Center for the Study of Accelerated Learning, School for Professional Studies, Regis University: Compare the success rates of adult students in traditional and accelerated college programs. (August 2001) Printed copies are no longer available. Please click here PDF for a PDF version.
	Debts and Decisions: Student Loans and Their Relationship to Graduate School and Career Choice PDF by Donald E. Heller, University of Michigan School of Education: Learn how student loan debt affects post-baccalaureate educational and career choices. (June 2001) Printed copies are no longer available. Please click here PDF for a PDF version.

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