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Increasing Community College Completion Rates among Low-Income Students: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluation of a Case-Management Intervention
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Evans, William N.; Kearney, Melissa S.; Perry, Brendan; Sullivan, James X. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2020
Community college completion rates are low, especially among low-income students. The existing policy and research attention has primarily focused on academic and financial challenges, but there is ample reason to think that non-academic obstacles might be key drivers of dropout rates for low-income students. This study focuses on the role of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Low Income Students, Graduation Rate
Increasing Community College Completion Rates among Low-Income Students: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluation of a Case Management Intervention. Working Paper 24150
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Evans, William N.; Kearney, Melissa S.; Perry, Brendan C.; Sullivan, James X. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2017
Community colleges are an important part of the higher education landscape in the United States, but completion rates are extremely low, especially among low-income students. Much of the existing policy and research attention to this issue has focused on addressing academic and financial challenges. However, there is ample reason to think that…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Low Income Students, At Risk Students