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Adams, David – Learning Professional, 2021
As CEO of the Urban Assembly, a nonprofit organization that oversees a network of 23 student-centered schools in New York City, David Adams knows what it takes for students to succeed not only in school but in the real world. Before serving as CEO at the Urban Assembly, Adams was the organization's director of social-emotional learning and created…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Community Involvement, Social Emotional Learning
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Toby, Jackson – Academic Questions, 2021
In this article, Jackson Toby discusses President Biden's proposal for free community college and substantial subsidies at public four-year colleges. Toby points out that if Biden means to require the beneficiaries to demonstrate that they have enough aptitude to graduate if they choose to study, the idea would be in the tradition of Thomas…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Community Colleges, Student Financial Aid, Public Colleges
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Levine-Brown, Patti; Anthony, S. Wes – Journal of Developmental Education, 2017
In a higher education career that has spanned over four decades Hunter Boylan has served as a gang control worker, a TRIO Program Director, a community college and university instructor, a learning center director, and an academic advisor and counselor, just to name a few of his roles. He is the author of 7 books and over 100 articles, book…
Descriptors: Remedial Programs, Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Instruction, College Readiness
Mayer, Alexander – MDRC, 2018
In this testimony by Alexander Mayer, Deputy Director, Postsecondary Education, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC), Before the New Jersey State Assembly Higher Education Committee, the following three points are emphasized: (1) Developmental education is a major challenge facing low-income college students in New Jersey and across…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Low Income Groups, Barriers, College Students
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Goldrick-Rab, Sara; Kelly, Andrew P. – Education Next, 2016
In this article, "Education Next" talks with Sara Goldrick-Rab and Andrew Kelly. President Obama's proposal for tuition-free community college, seems to have laid down a marker for the Democratic Party. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders is touting his plan for free four-year public college on the primary trail; Massachusetts senator…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Associate Degrees, College Readiness, Academic Achievement
Ubinas, Luis A. – Educational Testing Service, 2012
Each year a distinguished scholar or prominent leader is selected to present the Tomás Rivera Lecture. Named in honor of the late Dr. Tomás Rivera, professor, scholar, poet and former president of the University of California, Riverside, in the tradition of the former Hispanic Caucus of the American Association for Higher Education, AAHHE is…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Access to Education, Higher Education, College Readiness