ERIC Number: ED559315
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Mar
Pages: 42
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Accelerating Opportunity: A Portrait of Students and Their Program Experiences from the 2014 Student Survey
Spaulding, Shayne; Martin-Caughey, Ananda
Urban Institute
This report presents findings from a survey of students enrolled in Accelerating Opportunity (AO) career pathways in spring 2014. AO provides grants to help community colleges create career pathway programs to enroll students with low basic skills into for-credit career and technical education courses to improve educational and employment outcomes. Survey respondents tended to be non-traditional students; nearly two-thirds were 25 or older and more than half had dependent children. Student reported higher levels of education than initially targeted by the program, with nearly 90 percent reporting at least a secondary school credential. Generally, students expressed high satisfaction with AO.
Descriptors: Student Experience, Student Surveys, Student Characteristics, Community Colleges, Access to Education, Basic Skills, Acceleration (Education), Two Year College Students, Student Attitudes, Satisfaction, Student Financial Aid, Enrollment Influences, Nontraditional Students
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Two Year Colleges; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Urban Institute
Identifiers - Location: Illinois; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana
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