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Cheng, L.; Shaewitz, D. – Institute for Educational Leadership, 2022
The 2022 Youth Transition Report underscores the persistent and pernicious gap between youth and young adults with disabilities and those without disabilities on measures of success in education, employment, opportunity, and poverty. While data and reports exist for the working-age adult population and children with disabilities, the Institute for…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Attainment, Employment Level, Poverty
Cheng, L.; Shaewitz, D. – Institute for Educational Leadership, 2021
The 2021 Youth Transition Report underscores the persistent and pernicious gap between youth and young adults with disabilities and those without disabilities on measures of success in education, employment, opportunity, and poverty. While data and reports exist for the working-age adult population and children with disabilities, the Institute for…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Attainment, Employment Level, Poverty
Cheng, L.; Shaewitz, D. – Institute for Educational Leadership, 2020
The 2020 Youth Transition Report underscores the persistent and pernicious gap between youth and young adults with disabilities and those without disabilities on measures of success in education, employment, and poverty. While data and reports exist for the working-age adult population and children with disabilities, the Institute for Educational…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Disabilities, Adolescents, Young Adults
Cheng, L.; Shaewitz, D. – Institute for Educational Leadership, 2019
The Youth Transition Report presents data that underscore the gap between youth with disabilities and those without disabilities on measures of success in education and employment. While other reports present information about the working-age adult population and children with disabilities, there are no reports that specifically focus on the youth…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Disabilities, Adolescents, Young Adults
Oregon Department of Education, 2016
The Oregon English Language Learner Report is an annual publication required by law (ORS 327.016), which reports on financial information for English language learner programs, the objectives and needs of students eligible for and enrolled in an English language learner program, as well as provides information on the demographics of students in…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Student Needs, Student Characteristics, Educational Finance
Horn, Laura; Radwin, David – College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2012
Essential to tracking student success at community colleges is the availability of solid data and commonly defined metrics that go beyond measuring the traditional (and limited) enrollment and graduation rates that these colleges report to the federal government. In particular, what is needed are metrics that illuminate what happens to students…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Enrollment, Remedial Instruction
Bailey, Thomas; Calcagno, Juan Carlos; Jenkins, Davis; Leinbach, Timothy; Kienzl, Gregory – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2005
Policymakers, educators, and researchers recognize the importance of community colleges as open door institutions that provide a wide range of students with access to college. At the same time, competing demands for the state funds that would support community colleges have resulted in reduced public allocations and higher student tuition fees.…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Graduation Rate, Educational Policy, Community Colleges
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Walker, Lynn; Matthew, Bob; Black, Fiona – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2004
This paper explores the links between socio-economic disadvantage, non-completion in higher education and preparation initiatives. It does this through investigating the effectiveness of the Top-Up Programme, a preparation course for 17 and 18 year olds from schools that have low participation rates in higher education. The University of Glasgow,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Attendance, Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Status