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Miller, Brian J.; Skimmyhorn, William L. – Education Finance and Policy, 2018
To complement the existing literature on expanding access to high-quality college education, we investigate the understudied topic of university outreach. Using a field experiment at West Point, we estimate the effectiveness of four university admissions outreach efforts (Admissions Office phone call, application encouragement from a role model,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Enrollment Management, Student Recruitment, Outreach Programs
Webb, Michael – Jobs For the Future, 2014
Early college schools are succeeding at our nation's most daunting educational challenge--propelling students from underserved backgrounds to graduate high school and earn postsecondary degrees. These schools combine high school and college in rigorous, yet supportive environments that embrace acceleration over remediation. Their "college for…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Access to Education, College Preparation, College Readiness
Kolben, Nancy; Holcomb, Betty – Child Care, Inc., 2009
This primer provides a comprehensive look at the early care and education services throughout New York City. The analysis, which includes data on access, funding, and services, helps members of the field, advocates and policy makers identify current challenges and opportunities. Data is presented on: (1) Demographics: New York City's Children and…
Descriptors: Urban Demography, Metropolitan Areas, Fiscal Capacity, Enrollment Rate
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Information Center on Education. – 1988
Data summaries on college and university age distribution of New York State students in the fall of 1987 are presented. Information was obtained from the 1987-88 HEDS/IPEDS survey from NYSED-2.6, "Enrollment by Level, Age, Cohort, and Sex, Fall 1987." The 12 tables are as follows (all for institutions of higher education by institutional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Age, Cohort Analysis
Professional Staff Congress of the City Univ. of New York, NY. – 1979
Based on a study of New York State's investment in private higher education, the following issues are discussed: access and accountability, the cost of private higher education to the public, the use and abuse of public dollars by the private sector, and the cost of the private sector to public higher education. The private colleges and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, College Students, Cost Effectiveness
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1978
Findings of a study of off-campus centers in Westchester County, New York, are reported. Data cover registered programs or course offerings, admission standards, student enrollments and enrollment fluctuations, percent of full-time students, contact hours per class, number of faculty, faculty vitae and teaching assignments, percent of full-time…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Education, Administrative Organization, College Faculty