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Direct linkGansemer-Topf, Ann M.; Schuh, John H. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2005
This study examines how institutional expenditures and grants (student financial aid) relate to retention and graduation. It looks at this relationship over a 10-year period and examines differences between institutions with low- and high-admissions selectivity standards. In general, expenditures for institutional grants positively contributed to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Administration, Admissions Officers, Administrative Policy
Kirk, Gordon – 2002
Various options for supporting the costs of learning by youths between the ages of 16 and 19 years in the United Kingdom were assessed. Currently available student support services were reviewed, and evidence documenting the link between supports and student success was presented. Data were collected from the following sources: current research on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Adolescents
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1997
This document summarizes major postsecondary education issues and school-to-work and youth employment programs for the Education Task Force of the U.S. Senates's Committee on the Budget, and is based on General Accounting Office (GAO) studies completed during 1990-1997. The discussion of postsecondary education issues centers around five themes:…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Accountability, Disadvantaged Youth
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2003
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) was created in 1967 by the Tennessee General Assembly (TCA 49-7-202) for the purpose of coordinating and supporting the efforts of post-secondary institutions in the State of Tennessee. One of its statuatory requirements is to create a master plan for the development of public higher education in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Master Plans, Private Colleges, Intellectual Disciplines
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2004
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) was created in 1967 by the Tennessee General Assembly (TCA 49-7-202) for the purpose of coordinating and supporting the efforts of post-secondary institutions in the State of Tennessee. One of its statuatory requirements is to create a master plan for the development of public higher education in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Master Plans, Private Colleges, Intellectual Disciplines
Matus-Grossman, Lisa; Gooden, Susan – 2002
Information gathered in focus groups of current, former, and potential students at six community colleges was used to explore institutional and personal access and retention issues faced by students seeking a workable balance of their college, work, and family responsibilities. The six community colleges were as follows: Cabrillo College (Aptos,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Adult Students, College Environment
