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)
Article on CUNY's new community college that is cohort based and offers intense services to students, while limiting degree options. Goal is to significantly increase graduation rates.
The newspaper article from the Albany Times Union details the efforts of the State Assembly's Committee on Higher Education. The committee has reviewed college readiness and completion data from SUNY institutions. The committee drew a link between underprepared students and its influence on the workforce and state's economic viability.
Article discusses CUNY's proposal to create a common general education framework across its all of its two- and four-year colleges, and a new transfer agreement. (Inside Higher Ed, 04/21/11)
Describes new CUNY guidelines to improve and streamline transfers between two-year and four-year institutions. (Chronicle of Higher Education, 06/27/11)