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Finding Help outside the Classroom: Approaches for Supporting College Students' Basic Needs. Perspectives. PE-A2527-1
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Bozick, Robert; Mulhern, Christine – RAND Corporation, 2023
This Perspective builds on a related RAND Corporation report that describes the implementation of Findhelp at four North Carolina community colleges in 2021 and 2022. Findhelp is an online tool to connect students to resources in their communities to help meet their basic nonacademic needs. The North Carolina Community College System, with support…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Needs, Community Resources, Community College Students
Patterns and Predictors of Postsecondary Re-Enrollment in the Acquisition of Stackable Credentials
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Bozick, Robert; Anderson, Drew M.; Daugherty, Lindsay – Grantee Submission, 2021
Using 15 years of student enrollment histories from administrative data spanning the 2004-05 through 2018-19 school years at all public colleges, universities, and technical/trade schools in the state of Ohio, we examine rates of re-enrollment in postsecondary education for individuals pursuing additional credentials following the receipt of a…
Descriptors: Enrollment Influences, Postsecondary Education, Educational Certificates, Community Colleges
Occupational Credentials for Jobs in the Subbaccalaureate Economy: The Case of the Emerging Energy Sector in Ohio
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Bozick, Robert; Doss, Christopher; Gonzalez, Gabriella; Siler-Evans, Kyle – AERA Open, 2020
Using data on a mid-sized community college in northeast Ohio as a case study, we examine patterns of enrollment in petroleum technology credential programs and labor market returns to those credentials. The enrollment analysis yields mixed results. Strong industry conditions represented by an increase in oil prices is associated with a decline in…
Descriptors: Power Technology, Fuels, Community Colleges, Enrollment
Stacking Educational Credentials in Ohio: Pathways through Postsecondary Education in Health Care, Manufacturing and Engineering Technology, and Information Technology. Research Report
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Daugherty, Lindsay; Kramer, Jenna W.; Anderson, Drew M.; Bozick, Robert – Grantee Submission, 2020
Stackable credential programs--that is, programs that facilitate students' ability to earn multiple postsecondary certificates or degrees--have been a priority for Ohio, which has a long history of legislation, state and regional initiatives, and institution-led efforts to build more-effective pathways to address the needs of employers and…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Engineering Education, Manufacturing
Transforming an Urban School System: Progress of New Haven School Change and New Haven Promise Education Reforms (2010-2013). Research Report
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Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Bozick, Robert; Daugherty, Lindsay; Scherer, Ethan; Singh, Reema; Suárez, Mónica Jacobo; Ryan, Sarah – RAND Corporation, 2014
In 2009, the City of New Haven and New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) announced a sweeping K-12 educational reform, New Haven School Change. The district had three primary goals for School Change: (1) close the gap between the performance of NHPS students' and Connecticut students' averages on state tests, (2) cut the high school dropout rate in…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Achievement Gap
Transforming an Urban School System: Progress of New Haven School Change and New Haven Promise Education Reforms (2010-2013). Technical Appendixes
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Scherer, Ethan; Ryan, Sarah; Daugherty, Lindsay; Schweig, Jonathan David; Bozick, Robert; Gonzalez, Gabriella C. – RAND Corporation, 2014
In 2009, the City of New Haven and New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) announced a sweeping K-12 educational reform, New Haven School Change. The district had three primary goals for School Change: (1) close the gap between the performance of NHPS students' and Connecticut students' averages on state tests, (2) cut the high school dropout rate in…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Achievement Gap
Fulfilling The Pittsburgh Promise[R]: Early Progress of Pittsburgh's Postsecondary Scholarship Program. Monograph
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Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Bozick, Robert; Tharp-Taylor, Shannah; Phillips, Andrea – RAND Corporation, 2011
This report presents a detailed assessment of the extent to which "The Pittsburgh Promise"--a postsecondary education scholarship intended to remedy the area's population decline, foster high school completion and college readiness among Pittsburgh district students, and prepare a capable and energetic workforce for the city--has met its…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Scholarships, Scholarship Funds, Eligibility
New Haven Promise: An Early Look at College Preparation, Access, and Enrollment of New Haven Public School Students (2010-2013). Brief
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Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Bozick, Robert; Daugherty, Lindsay; Scherer, Ethan; Singh, Reema; Suárez, Mónica Jacobo; Ryan, Sarah; Schweig, Jonathan – RAND Corporation, 2013
In New Haven, stakeholders looking to enhance the city's economic development, attract more residents, reduce crime and incarceration, and improve residents' quality of life embarked on a new scholarship program that seeks to build a college-going culture for local students and the community as an avenue to achieve these goals. Recognizing that…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Achievement Gap