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St. John, Edward P.; Musoba, Glenda D.; Simmons, Ada B. – Review of Higher Education, 2003
This study assesses the impact of Indiana's Twenty-first Century Scholars Program, a supplemental grant program that provides aid to low-income students who kept an eighth grade "promise" to prepare for college and to remain drug free. Analyses reveal that the grants helped equalize opportunity to persist in Indiana's public colleges.…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Grants, Higher Education, Low Income Groups
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Parke, Beverly; Nichols, Joe; Brown, Ann Souligny – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2002
A study examined the academic success rates of 484 high school students enrolled in Collegiate Connection (CC)--a high school/university dual enrollment program in the Fort Wayne (Indiana) area. The grades of CC students surpassed those of college freshmen in all seven courses where enrollments allowed meaningful comparisons. (Contains 26…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Attendance, College Freshmen, College School Cooperation
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Campbell, John P.; DeBlois, Peter B.; Oblinger, Diana G. – EDUCAUSE Review, 2007
In responding to internal and external pressures for accountability in higher education, especially in the areas of improved learning outcomes and student success, IT leaders may soon become critical partners with academic and student affairs. IT can help answer this call for accountability through "academic analytics," which is emerging…
Descriptors: Accountability, Higher Education, Information Technology, Outcomes of Education
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Stage, Frances K.; Hossler, Don – Research in Higher Education, 1989
A model of college student choice for male and female ninth graders using LISREL is examined. Variables examined included parents' expectation regarding higher education for their children, parents' savings for college, students' discussion of college with their parents, and students' aspiration for postsecondary education. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Background, College Attendance, College Choice, Decision Making