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Cullinan, Dan – MDRC, 2020
Most community college students take in-person placement tests in English or math to determine whether they are required to take developmental (or remedial) courses, which are prerequisites for the college-level courses in those subjects. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced colleges to close their campuses, making in-person testing…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Two Year College Students, Tests, Disease Control
Weissman, Evan; Schmidt, Julia – MDRC, 2020
The U.S. Department of Education is currently providing more than $6 billion for colleges to disburse directly to students as flexible emergency aid under the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020. At the same time, other public and private funds are becoming available to assist students affected by the…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Crisis Management, Emergency Programs, College Students
Utterback, Annie; Iguina-Colón, Gloriela; Wharton-Fields, Donna – MDRC, 2020
The COVID-19 health pandemic created an extremely stressful context for staff in workforce development programs and the participants with whom they work. "MyGoals for Employment Success" is an employment coaching program based in Baltimore, Maryland, and Houston, Texas, that combines a highly structured coaching model that emphasizes…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Crisis Management, Coaching (Performance), Career Counseling
Lee, Helen; McCullough, Colleen – MDRC, 2016
Asthma is the leading chronic health condition among children in the United States and a major cause of childhood disability. It also disproportionately affects low-income and racial and ethnic minorities. Although a wide range of interventions have been implemented to improve asthma-related outcomes among socioeconomically disadvantaged and…
Descriptors: Diseases, Intervention, Outcomes of Treatment, Child Health