Group items tagged Financial_aid - College Completion

Degreeless in Debt: What Happens to Borrowers Who Drop Out - 0 views

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shared by Mary Fulton on 15 Mar 12 - No Cached

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Report found that an increasing number of students who borrowed to finance their college are dropping out. Those who dropped out were far more likely to default on their loans, had higher unemployment rates and made less money than those who graduated. The trends were more pronounced in the for-profit sector. (Education Sector, February 2012)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Report found that an increasing number of students who borrowed to finance their college are dropping out. Those who dropped out were far more likely to default on their loans, had higher unemployment rates and made less money than those who graduated. The trends were more pronounced in the for-profit sector. (Education Sector, February 2012)</div>

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Completion-Focused Financial Aid - 0 views

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shared by Mary Fulton on 16 Aug 12 - No Cached

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Article describes effort by Gates Foundation and HCM Strategists to use student financial aid to provide incentives to help students attain a high-value credential. (Inside Higher Ed, 08/07/12)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Article describes effort by Gates Foundation and HCM Strategists to use student financial aid to provide incentives to help students attain a high-value credential. (Inside Higher Ed, 08/07/12)</div>

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Pathways to Success: Integrating Learning with Life and Work to Increase National Colle... - 0 views

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shared by Mary Fulton on 23 Feb 12 - No Cached

Mary Fulton on 23 Feb 12

Highlights the challenges nontraditional students face to completing college credentials, best practices from states and colleges, and ideas of how the federal government could help, particularly by improving data collection and financial aid. (Advisory Committee on Student Financial Aid Assistance, February 2012)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Highlights the challenges nontraditional students face to completing college credentials, best practices from states and colleges, and ideas of how the federal government could help, particularly by improving data collection and financial aid. (Advisory Committee on Student Financial Aid Assistance, February 2012)</div>

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Performance-Based Scholarships: Emerging Findings from a National Demonstration - 0 views

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shared by Mary Fulton on 13 Jun 12 - No Cached

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Summarizes preliminary results from performance-based scholarship programs in Ohio, New York, and New Mexico, in addition to the original results in Louisiana. The results show modest but positive effects on markers of academic progress, including increases in credits earned. (MDRC, May 2012)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Summarizes preliminary results from performance-based scholarship programs in Ohio, New York, and New Mexico, in addition to the original results in Louisiana. The results show modest but positive effects on markers of academic progress, including increases in credits earned. (MDRC, May 2012)</div>

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CEEP policy brief urges more intense effort to ensure more earn college degrees: IU New... - 0 views

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shared by Bruce Vandal on 11 Nov 10 - No Cached

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Overview of research done by the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at Indiana University outlining the challenges to significantly increasing degree completion among underrepresented populations. Need for better data, program evaluation and financial aid are the key.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Overview of research done by the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at Indiana University outlining the challenges to significantly increasing degree completion among underrepresented populations. Need for better data, program evaluation and financial aid are the key.</div>

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College Persistence and Completion Strategies: Opportunities for Scaling Up - 0 views

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Report from the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy outlining the challenges to increase college completion rates in states. The report calls for improved financial aid, better data, improved program evaluation and innovative strategies to serve at-risk populations.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Report from the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy outlining the challenges to increase college completion rates in states. The report calls for improved financial aid, better data, improved program evaluation and innovative strategies to serve at-risk populations.</div>

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Rewarding Persistence: Effects of a Performance-Based Scholarship Program for Low-Incom... - 0 views

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Study by MDRC looking at the effectiveness of performance based scholarships for low income students.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Study by MDRC looking at the effectiveness of performance based scholarships for low income students.</div>

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Governor Robert F. McDonnell Announces Investment in Higher Education - 0 views

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shared by Bruce Vandal on 06 Dec 10 - No Cached

Bruce Vandal on 06 Dec 10

Governor McDonnell of Virginia proposes $50 million in new funding for higher education to increase access and affordability. The goal of the proposal is to increase the number of degrees in the state by 100,000.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Governor McDonnell of Virginia proposes $50 million in new funding for higher education to increase access and affordability. The goal of the proposal is to increase the number of degrees in the state by 100,000.</div>

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Investing in Wisconsin's Future: A Proposal for a State Higher Education Nest Egg Program - 0 views

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Proposal from WISCAPE to set aside $1,000 per student aside at birth for Wisconsin children that could be used for higher education purposes.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Proposal from WISCAPE to set aside $1,000 per student aside at birth for Wisconsin children that could be used for higher education purposes.</div>

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The time is Now - 0 views

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shared by Bruce Vandal on 17 Nov 10 - No Cached

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Annual report from the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation outlining its efforts to improve Arkansas' college completion rate.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Annual report from the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation outlining its efforts to improve Arkansas' college completion rate.</div>

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http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/article_60e9edd7-d4d7-5cde-9ffe-fa3f3ebfc8... - 0 views

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shared by Bruce Vandal on 29 Nov 10 - No Cached

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Piece in St. Louis Dispatch story on college completion. Cites data in Missouri.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Piece in St. Louis Dispatch story on college completion. Cites data in Missouri.</div>

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Community College League of California Commission Recommendations - 0 views

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shared by Bruce Vandal on 28 Dec 10 - No Cached

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Set of recommendations to increase number of degrees and certificates by one million at California Community Colleges

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Set of recommendations to increase number of degrees and certificates by one million at California Community Colleges</div>

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Competing Explanations of Undergraduate Noncompletion - Am Educ Res J - 0 views

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shared by Bruce Vandal on 05 Jan 11 - No Cached

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New research study by Paul Attewell identifying reasons for noncompletion from higher education. Published in American Educational Research Journal.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">New research study by Paul Attewell identifying reasons for noncompletion from higher education. Published in American Educational Research Journal. </div>

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Even with free tuition, hurdles remain for raising number of college grads | McClatchy - 0 views

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shared by Bruce Vandal on 16 Dec 10 - No Cached

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Story on how Promise Scholarships that provide free tuition to students who meet academic and other benchmarks are not having great success in higher education.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Story on how Promise Scholarships that provide free tuition to students who meet academic and other benchmarks are not having great success in higher education. </div>

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Top 10 Higher Education State Policy Issues 2011 - 0 views

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shared by Bruce Vandal on 06 Jan 11 - No Cached

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Brief from American Association of State Colleges and Universities on their assessment of the top 10 higher education issues for state policymakers in 2011

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Colo. Commission on Higher Ed picks financial-aid model deemed the lesser of five evils... - 0 views

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Story in the Denver Post about the recommendation to significantly cut financial aid, with the hope of stabilizing it for the future.

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Funding Our Future: A Financial Blueprint for Strengthening Higher Education in Washing... - 0 views

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shared by Mary Fulton on 03 Jan 11 - No Cached

Mary Fulton on 03 Jan 11

Recommendations from the Governor's Higher Education Funding Task Force include: increasing the number of residents graduating with bachelor's degrees, especially in STEM fields; providing the universities with flexibility to set tuition; expanding financial assistance to low- and middle- income students through private and public strategies; and holding public universities accountable for graduating more students. (Washington Governor's Higher Education Funding Task Force, January 2011)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Recommendations from the Governor's Higher Education Funding Task Force include: increasing the number of residents graduating with bachelor's degrees, especially in STEM fields; providing the universities with flexibility to set tuition; expanding financial assistance to low- and middle- income students through private and public strategies; and holding public universities accountable for graduating more students. (Washington Governor's Higher Education Funding Task Force, January 2011)</div>

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CSCC trustees to vote on renewing scholarship that attracted, kept older students | Bus... - 0 views

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