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Download full textGoldrick-Rab, Sara; Broton, Katharine; Gates, Christin – Association of Community College Trustees, 2013
In 2012, the national non-profit Single Stop USA served more than 32,000 students across 17 community college sites in seven states. At each college, Single Stop acts as an integral partner in the college's efforts to meet the needs of students and their families. It helps introduce the provision of important services such as tax preparation,…
Descriptors: Barriers, Access to Education, Community Colleges, Nonprofit Organizations
Direct linkGoldrick-Rab, Sara; Sorensen, Kia – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2011
This issue of "Fast Focus" is based on an article published by Sara Goldrick-Rab and Kia Sorensen in the fall 2010 issue of "The Future of Children" (Vol. 20, No. 2; used here with permission), which focuses on "fragile families," defined as families in which the parents were unmarried when the child was born. The authors examine unmarried parents…
Descriptors: Family Life, College Attendance, Labor Market, Family Structure
Peer reviewedGoldrick-Rab, Sara; Sorensen, Kia – Future of Children, 2010
Noting that access to higher education has expanded dramatically in the past several decades, Sara Goldrick-Rab and Kia Sorensen focus on how unmarried parents fare once they enter college. Contrary to the expectation that access to college consistently promotes family stability and economic security, the authors argue that deficiencies in current…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Community Colleges, State Aid, College Attendance
Goldrick-Rab, Sara – Teachers College Record, 2007
Background: Higher education researchers have much to say about the transition to college. This field focuses primarily on inequities in college participation and completion, the relative importance of high school preparation, and the utility of financial aid in promoting enrollment. This literature's strongest conceptual emphasis is on…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Preparation, Models, School Holding Power
Goldrick-Rab, Sara – Sociology of Education, 2006
As more Americans enter college than ever before, their pathways through the broadly differentiated higher education system are changing. Movement in, out, and among institutions now characterizes students' attendance patterns--half of all undergraduates who begin at a four-year institution go on to attend at least one other college, and over…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Family Characteristics, College Attendance, Advantaged
Goldrick-Rab, Sara; Shaw, Kathleen M. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2005
The college participation rates of African Americans and Latinos continue to lag behind those of other racial and ethnic groups in the United States, despite the efforts of financial aid and affirmative action policies. Two recent federal policies that are "work-first" in nature threaten to further exacerbate racial and ethnic…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Disadvantaged, Affirmative Action, Racial Differences
