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Sontag-Padilla, Lisa; Williams, Denise; Kosiewicz, Holly; Daugherty, Lindsay; Kane, Heidi; Gripshover, Sarah; Miller, Trey – RAND Corporation, 2023
The United States faces an unprecedented mental health crisis, with youth and young adults at the center. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly 50 percent of college students reported at least one mental health concern. The COVID-19 pandemic notably exacerbated these issues and underscored the urgent need to identify and implement ways to…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Community College Students, Health Needs, Prevention
Coca, Vanessa; Daugherty, Lindsay; Miller, Trey – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
Colleges across the United States are now placing most or all students directly into college-level courses and providing supplementary, aligned academic support alongside the courses, also known as "corequisite remediation." Developmental education reforms like corequisite remediation could advance racial and ethnic equity in…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Community College Students, English Instruction, Required Courses
Hughes, Katherine L.; Miller, Trey; Reese, Kelly – Grantee Submission, 2021
This report from the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Research Network Lead team provides final results from an evaluability assessment of CTE programs that feasibly could be evaluated using a rigorous experimental design. Evaluability assessments (also called feasibility studies) are used in education and other fields, such as international…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Vocational Education, Evaluation Methods, Educational Research
Daugherty, Lindsay; Mendoza-Graf, Alexandra; Gehlhaus, Diana; Miller, Trey; Gerber, Russell – RAND Corporation, 2021
Until recently, many colleges provided academic support to students by requiring students to complete one or more developmental education courses in a subject area before they could enroll in college-level coursework. As early as 2010, research indicated that very few students were making it out of these developmental education courses and into…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Remedial Instruction
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Weisburst, Emily; Daugherty, Lindsay; Miller, Trey; Martorell, Paco; Cossairt, Jana – Journal of Higher Education, 2017
This study assessed alternative course delivery for developmental education (DE) math and student outcomes in community colleges in Texas. We examined 2 innovative interventions: (a) study skills courses offered alongside DE math and (b) DE math courses that are shorter than a full semester. Our model leveraged detailed demographic information and…
Descriptors: Remedial Mathematics, Community Colleges, Outcomes of Education, Educational Innovation
Daugherty, Lindsay; Goldman, Charles A.; Butterfield, Lindsay; Miller, Trey – RAND Corporation, 2014
Many workforce-development needs, particularly those requiring baccalaureate degrees, remain unmet in some areas of Texas. Employers and students are calling for additional programs to develop workplace skills and to provide opportunities for career advancement. On May 22, 2013, the Texas Legislature approved a bill mandating a study on whether…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Bachelors Degrees, Career Academies, Labor Force Development