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Giegerich, Steve – Lumina Foundation for Education, 2014
Research shows a direct correlation between thriving cities and high levels of college-level learning. Regions with robust levels of educational attainment have stronger economies, greater individual earning power, and better quality of life. The Lumina Foundation is actively supporting large-scale efforts in 55 metro regions--to help adults…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Higher Education, Municipalities, Educational Attainment
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Pettit, Gregory S.; Erath, Stephen A.; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Bates, John E. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2011
The predictive relations between social capital depth (high-quality relationships across contexts) and breadth (friendship network extensivity) and early-adult life adjustment outcomes were examined using data from a prospective longitudinal study. Interviews at age 22 yielded (a) psychometrically sound indexes of relationship quality with…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Social Capital, Adjustment (to Environment), Longitudinal Studies