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Promoting Full-Time Attendance among Adults in Community College: Early Impacts from the Performance-Based Scholarship Demonstration in New York
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Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn; Sommo, Colleen; Welbeck, Rashida – MDRC, 2011
Many adult students struggle to finance their educations, often contending with work and child care expenses in addition to the extra cost of remedial courses. Moreover, there is little need-based grant aid to help. This report presents early findings from an evaluation of a program in New York City targeted to low-income adults (ages 22 to 35)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Low Income Groups, College Credits, Adult Students
Improving Student Performance in California. A Catalog of Business and Community Programs in Support of Local Education.
California Roundtable, San Francisco. – 1984
This catalog contains more than 600 abstracts of model programs in California designed to help business, education, and community groups establish or expand partnerships in support of local education. An executive summary precedes the abstracts. The program abstracts are divided into 21 sections corresponding to specific forms of involvement.…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Basic Skills, Business, Business Education
Coping with the Jeanie-Come-Lately Syndrome.
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Steiner, Peter E.; Milander, Henry M. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1980
Discusses the reevaluation of traditional intercollegiate athletics necessitated by declining student interest, the emergence of women's sports, and the passage of legislation forbidding sex discrimination in athletic programing. Presents the guidelines for recruitment, scholarships, and game scheduling used at Olympic College (WA) to restructure…
Descriptors: Athletics, Community Colleges, Federal Legislation, Females
Follow-Up Study of the Recipients of the Trustee Scholarship, 1974-1985. Volume XVI, No. 6.
Lucas, John A. – 1988
A follow-up study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to assess post-graduation experiences of students who received a Trustee Scholarship award between 1974 and 1985 and to determine the impact of the award on students' lives. Surveys were sent to 172 former Trustee Scholarship recipients, requesting information on current…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Awards, College Graduates, Community Colleges
The Possible Dream.
Henderson, James C.; And Others – 1989
The "Possible Dream Scholarship Program" was developed at San Juan College (SJC) in New Mexico to encourage students to complete high school and attend college. Every 8th grader in San Juan County, regardless of their academic performance, receives a scholarship certificate of $125 to attend San Juan College and an invitation to enroll…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Community Colleges, High School Students, Incentives
The Minority Honors Program in Energy-Related Curricula.
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Kish, Evelyn Rubio; Santa Rita, Emilio – College and University, 1993
The Bronx Community College (New York) minority honors program in energy-related curricula is a federally funded scholarship program to improve minority participation and meet educational needs in high-technology fields. High graduation rates, successful job placements, pursuit of further degrees among participants are attributed to strong…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, Community Colleges, Employment Patterns
Statistical Abstract of Higher Education in North Carolina, 1988-89.
North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill. – 1989
Tabular data are presented on higher education in North Carolina, as of 1988-89. Types of data presented on 83 tables and 14 figures include enrollment counts, degrees conferred, characteristics of students in various types of institutions, student costs, admission test scores, financial aid, and analyses of flow of student transfers among…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, College Faculty, College Housing