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Download full textCruse, Lindsey Reichlin; Holtzman, Tessa – Institute for Women's Policy Research, 2021
Student parents face significant challenges that can limit their ability to enter, persist in, and graduate from college. Innovative partnerships between Head Start and the higher education system is a promising strategy to bring together essential supports to meet the needs of student parents and set them up for long-term success. This briefing…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, College School Cooperation
Direct linkHolzer, Harry J. – Hamilton Project, 2021
Workforce development in the United States today is spread across higher education institutions (primarily public two-year and for-profit colleges), labor market institutions, and workplaces, with public funding from a range of sources. But outcomes for students and workers are weaker than they could be, especially among disadvantaged students and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Labor Force Development, Postsecondary Education
Arendale, David R., Ed. – Online Submission, 2020
The purpose of this directory was to identify and describe education practices to take federally-funded GEAR UP and TRIO programs online in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These programs improve academic performance, close the achievement gap, and improve persistence towards graduation for low-income, first-generation, and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Online Courses, Educational Technology
US House of Representatives, 2016
This document records testimony from a hearing held to discuss strategies for improving postsecondary access and completion for low-income and first-generation students. The hearing served as an opportunity to learn about efforts to pioneer new strategies and study the effectiveness of existing strategies so that more disadvantaged students can…
Descriptors: Hearings, Access to Education, Postsecondary Education, Low Income Groups
Sawchuk, Stephen; Klein, Alyson – Education Week, 2008
This article reports on a higher education bill awaiting President Bush's signature which moves to increase accountability for programs that prepare teachers. It also refocuses the main federal funding source for education schools on collaborations between such schools and local K-12 districts to improve clinical teacher-training experiences and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Accountability
Valien, Preston – Amer Educ, 1968
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Legislation, Financial Support
Peer reviewedHeller, Donald E. – Academe, 2004
Financial assistance for individuals attending college has existed in this country almost as long as higher education itself. Institutions awarded many of the earliest scholarships based on students' academic merit, with consideration often given to financial need. This practice was carried into the twentieth century, largely by private elite…
Descriptors: Paying for College, College Bound Students, Higher Education, Financial Needs
