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Completion-Focused Financial Aid - 0 views

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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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Learn on Demand Program -- Kentucky Community and Technical College System - 0 views

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KCTCS Learn on Demand program offers 3-5 week-long modules and full 15-week courses, which include modules. Modules build toward complete courses for accredited, affordable degrees, certificates, and diplomas.Working adults are the target audience.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">KCTCS Learn on Demand program offers 3-5 week-long modules and full 15-week courses, which include modules. Modules build toward complete courses for accredited, affordable degrees, certificates, and diplomas.Working adults are the target audience.</div>

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Competing with Competency - 0 views

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Kentucky's Learn on Demand program reaches out to working adults with competency-based, self-paced online courses. (Inside Higher Ed 08/06/12)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Kentucky's Learn on Demand program reaches out to working adults with competency-based, self-paced online courses. (Inside Higher Ed 08/06/12)</div>

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A 'Disruptive' Look at Competency-Based Education - 0 views

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Provides a primer on competency-based education in postsecondary education; introduces four elements of disruptive innovation theory and how they could apply to education initiatives; and offers recommendations for policymakers on how to facilitate disruptive innovation to transform higher education. (Center for American Progress, June 2012)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Provides a primer on competency-based education in postsecondary education; introduces four elements of disruptive innovation theory and how they could apply to education initiatives; and offers recommendations for policymakers on how to facilitate disruptive innovation to transform higher education. (Center for American Progress, June 2012)</div>

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Certificates: Gateway to Gainful Employment and College Degrees - 0 views

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Analyzes earnings by field of study, sex, race/ethnicity, and program length; looks at the demographic characteristics of certificate holders; and analyzes the institutions that most commonly award certificates and the states where certificates are most prevalent and provide the highest earnings returns. (Georgetown University Center on Education, June 2012)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Analyzes earnings by field of study, sex, race/ethnicity, and program length; looks at the demographic characteristics of certificate holders; and analyzes the institutions that most commonly award certificates and the states where certificates are most prevalent and provide the highest earnings returns. (Georgetown University Center on Education, June 2012)</div>

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Valuable Learning or "Spinning Their Wheels"? Understanding Excess Credits Earned by Co... - 0 views

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The paper finds that excess credits accounted for about 12% of all college-level credits earned by students who completed a degree, with substantial variation in different programs. Discusses possible reasons contributing to excess credits and offers ways to assess the extent and nature of excess credits for their students. (Community College Research Center, April 2012)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The paper finds that excess credits accounted for about 12% of all college-level credits earned by students who completed a degree, with substantial variation in different programs. Discusses possible reasons contributing to excess credits and offers ways to assess the extent and nature of excess credits for their students. (Community College Research Center, April 2012)</div>

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

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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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Degree Completion Beyond Institutional Borders:Responding to the New Reality of Mobile ... - 0 views

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Describe four mechanisms that allow students to convert or exchange their college credits and prior learning assessment for academic credit. These include: articulation agreements; prior learning assessments; services to support transfer and prior learning; competency-based programs. Offers recommendations for policymakers.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Describe four mechanisms that allow students to convert or exchange their college credits and prior learning assessment for academic credit. These include: articulation agreements; prior learning assessments; services to support transfer and prior learning; competency-based programs. Offers recommendations for policymakers.</div>

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Latino College Completion in 50 States - 0 views

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Includes fact sheets detailing the current status of college completion among Latinos in each state. Each fact sheet includes state-level data on the population, representation among K-12 students, educational attainment of adults, multiple measures of equity gaps in degree attainment, and examples of promising practices for improving Latino college completion. (Excelencia in Education, April 2012)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Includes fact sheets detailing the current status of college completion among Latinos in each state. Each fact sheet includes state-level data on the population, representation among K-12 students, educational attainment of adults, multiple measures of equity gaps in degree attainment, and examples of promising practices for improving Latino college completion. (Excelencia in Education, April 2012)</div>

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Assessment of Opportunities and Models for Adults to Complete the Baccalaureate Degree ... - 0 views

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Examines issues related to and makes recommendations to increase degree and credential attainment by Virginia's working-age adults (age 25-64), and to tailor programs to more effectively serve these non-traditional students. (State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, April 2012). Also see Report Summary. http://www.schev.edu/Reportstats/ALBookletFinal.pdf?from

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Examines issues related to and makes recommendations to increase degree and credential attainment by Virginia's working-age adults (age 25-64), and to tailor programs to more effectively serve these non-traditional students. (State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, April 2012). Also see Report Summary. <a href="http://www.schev.edu/Reportstats/ALBookletFinal.pdf?from" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.schev.edu/Reportstats/ALBookletFinal.pdf?from</a></div>

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A Stronger Nation through Higher Education - 0 views

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Measures progress toward Lumina Foundation's goal to increase the percentage of Americans with high-quality degrees and credentials to 60% by the year 2025. Includes completion rates for individual states and for the 100 largest metropolitan areas. Suggests steps to reach the 2025 goal. (Lumina Foundation for Education, March 2012)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Measures progress toward Lumina Foundation's goal to increase the percentage of Americans with high-quality degrees and credentials to 60% by the year 2025. Includes completion rates for individual states and for the 100 largest metropolitan areas. Suggests steps to reach the 2025 goal. (Lumina Foundation for Education, March 2012)</div>

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Student Success Courses and Educational Outcomes at Virginia Community Colleges - 0 views

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Finds that students who enrolled in a student success course in the first semester were more likely to earn college-level credits and were more likely to persist to the second year. Also finds that students referred to remedial education were more likely to earn college-level credits if they enrolled in a student success course in their first term. (Community College Research Center, February 2012)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Finds that students who enrolled in a student success course in the first semester were more likely to earn college-level credits and were more likely to persist to the second year. Also finds that students referred to remedial education were more likely to earn college-level credits if they enrolled in a student success course in their first term. (Community College Research Center, February 2012)</div>

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Transfer and Mobility: A National View of Pre-Degree Student Movement in Postsecondary ... - 0 views

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Analyzes students' transfer behaviors to better understand their postsecondary pathways. Among the study's findings: One third of all students transferred at least once within five years; the majority of transfers occurred in students' second year; part- and full-time students had similar transfer rates over five years; and over one quarter of all transfers crossed state lines. (National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, February 2012)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Analyzes students' transfer behaviors to better understand their postsecondary pathways. Among the study's findings: One third of all students transferred at least once within five years; the majority of transfers occurred in students' second year; part- and full-time students had similar transfer rates over five years; and over one quarter of all transfers crossed state lines. (National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, February 2012)</div>

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Serving Students, Serving California: Updating the California Community Colleges to Mee... - 0 views

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Urges policymakers to focus the mission of community colleges in three core areas: basic skills education, career technical education and preparation for transfer to four-year universities. The Commission called for shifting adult basic education from the state education department to the community college system, and for giving more authority to the chancellor to oversee the campuses. (Little Hoover Commission, February 2012) Link to executive summary: http://www.lhc.ca.gov/studies/210/Executive%20Summary.pdf

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Urges policymakers to focus the mission of community colleges in three core areas: basic skills education, career technical education and preparation for transfer to four-year universities. The Commission called for shifting adult basic education from the state education department to the community college system, and for giving more authority to the chancellor to oversee the campuses. (Little Hoover Commission, February 2012) Link to executive summary: <a href="http://www.lhc.ca.gov/studies/210/Executive%20Summary.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lhc.ca.gov/studies/210/Executive%20Summary.pdf</a></div>

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Census Bureau Reports on Educational Attainment - 0 views

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A series of reports on educational attainment; fields of bachelor's degrees; and the relationship between attainment, fields of study, and occupation and earnings. (U.S. Census Bureau, February 2012)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A series of reports on educational attainment; fields of bachelor's degrees; and the relationship between attainment, fields of study, and occupation and earnings. (U.S. Census Bureau, February 2012)</div>

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

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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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On the Road to Success: How States Collaborate and Use Data to Improve Student Outcomes - 0 views

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Presents the next step taken by the Cross-State Data Work Group: a comparative analysis of a comprehensive set of intermediate milestones and final measures of success that practitioners and policymakers can use to rethink and remake their approaches to increasing student achievement.(Jobs for the Future, February 2012)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Presents the next step taken by the Cross-State Data Work Group: a comparative analysis of a comprehensive set of intermediate milestones and final measures of success that practitioners and policymakers can use to rethink and remake their approaches to increasing student achievement.(Jobs for the Future, February 2012)</div>

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A Matter of Degrees: Promising Practices for Community College Student Success - 0 views

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Explores 13 promising practices for strengthening community college student engagement and success. The practices include assessment and placement, support services, remedial education, academic alert and intervention, and others. (Center for Community College Student Engagement, February 2012 )

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Explores 13 promising practices for strengthening community college student engagement and success. The practices include assessment and placement, support services, remedial education, academic alert and intervention, and others. (Center for Community College Student Engagement, February 2012 )</div>

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

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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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Completion by Design State Policy Profiles -- January 2012 - 0 views

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Outlines recent policy changes in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas that relevant to the completion agenda, political environment, and governance to show progress in the Completion by Design initiative. (Jobs for the Future, January 2012)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Outlines recent policy changes in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas that relevant to the completion agenda, political environment, and governance to show progress in the Completion by Design initiative. (Jobs for the Future, January 2012)</div>

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Completion-Focused Financial Aid - 0 views

Learn on Demand Program -- Kentucky Community and Technical College System - 0 views

Competing with Competency - 0 views

A 'Disruptive' Look at Competency-Based Education - 0 views

Certificates: Gateway to Gainful Employment and College Degrees - 0 views

Valuable Learning or "Spinning Their Wheels"? Understanding Excess Credits Earned by Co... - 0 views

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

Degree Completion Beyond Institutional Borders:Responding to the New Reality of Mobile ... - 0 views

Latino College Completion in 50 States - 0 views

Assessment of Opportunities and Models for Adults to Complete the Baccalaureate Degree ... - 0 views

A Stronger Nation through Higher Education - 0 views

Student Success Courses and Educational Outcomes at Virginia Community Colleges - 0 views

Transfer and Mobility: A National View of Pre-Degree Student Movement in Postsecondary ... - 0 views

Serving Students, Serving California: Updating the California Community Colleges to Mee... - 0 views

Census Bureau Reports on Educational Attainment - 0 views

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

On the Road to Success: How States Collaborate and Use Data to Improve Student Outcomes - 0 views

A Matter of Degrees: Promising Practices for Community College Student Success - 0 views

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

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