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Busy With Purpose

Lessons for Education and Policy Leaders From Returning Student-Parents

March 18, 2021
A new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research describes common challenges to persistence and college re-entry faced by adult students with children, factors that allow them to go back to school, and, in student-parents’ own words, tangible actions that policy and education leaders should take to better support their success.
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A Portrait of Student Parents in the California Community Colleges

A New Analysis of Financial Aid Seekers with Dependent Children

March 11, 2021
The path to and through college is challenging for many people, but the challenges are especially acute for students seeking a credential or degree while also raising children. This report from Wheelhouse: The Center for Community College Leadership and Research includes details about how student parents differ from their non-parenting peers in their demographics, their…
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From Reconnection to Graduation

Meeting the Needs of Returning Adult Students at Community Colleges

Feb. 11, 2021
Across Tennessee, more than 595,000 working-age adults have earned college credit but do not have a postsecondary credential. This report from The College System of Tennessee Office of Policy and Strategy aims to build a body of evidence about the challenges that returning adults face, the strategies that promote their success after they return, and…
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How Guided Pathways Reforms Can Improve Support for Adult Students

Lessons From Three Tennessee Community Colleges

Jan. 11, 2021
Guided pathways reforms are emerging as a promising strategy for improving student outcomes and closing equity gaps at community colleges, but little is known about how the guided pathways approach can help address challenges facing adult students. Drawing on interview data, this report from the Community College Research Center discusses strategies that three guided pathways…
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COVID-19 Transfer, Mobility, and Progress: Fall 2020 Final Report

Fall 2020 Final Report

Dec. 21, 2020
A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center shows that the total number of transfer students fell slightly more than 8 percent this year compared to fall 2019. Reverse transfers—four-year college students transferring into two-year colleges this fall—decreased the most, by 19.4 percent.
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Pushing Toward Progress

Early Implementation Findings From a Study of the Male Student Success Initiative

Nov. 19, 2020
Many colleges have tailored campus programs to provide academic and social support specific to the interests and needs of male students of color to overcome gaps in success rates. A report from MDRC examines one of these programs: The Male Student Success Initiative (MSSI) at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) in Maryland.
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A New Era of Student Access at California’s Community Colleges

English and Math: Access, Outcomes, and Racial Equity

Nov. 17, 2020
Until recently, the vast majority of California’s community college students started in remedial courses that slowed down or halted their academic progress. In 2017, a landmark law transformed placement and remediation at the state’s community colleges. This report from the Public Policy Institute of California examines how AB 705 transformed student access, outcomes, and racial equity. 
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The PLA Boost

Results From a 72-Institution Targeted Study of Prior Learning Assessment and Adult Student Outcomes

Oct. 22, 2020
Adult students who receive college credits for prior learning are more likely to complete academic programs than their peers without prior learning assessment (PLA) credits, suggests this report from the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning and the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. Students with PLA also save time and money in earning their degrees, according to the study.
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Fulfilling the Promise

Re-Enrolling America’s College Stopouts

Sept. 22, 2020
Personal obligations prevent many students from completing their degree on their first attempt. Life gets in the way and too often these students are left with debt and lack the benefits afforded to those with college degrees. This working paper from EAB explores how colleges and universities can help “stopouts” re-enroll.
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Unseen Costs

The Experiences of Workers and Learners in Los Angeles County

June 23, 2020
Workers and learners are well aware of the benefits of postsecondary degrees and the value of work in developing useful skills. But they face a disconnect between their jobs and their career goals, and one that is only furthered by the challenges in obtaining internships and work-study programs that move them further toward their future…
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