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Direct linkCollom, Gresham D. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
In this study I deployed quasi-experimental methods to explore enrollment responses to a unique statewide college promise program for adult students attending college within the two-year public postsecondary education sector in Tennessee. State policymakers implemented Tennessee Reconnect in 2018 to encourage adult students without a college…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Enrollment, Grants, Two Year Colleges
Download full textLiu, Vivian Yuen Ting; Zhou, Rachel Yang; Matsudaira, Jordan – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2023
While the Pell Grant covers a substantial proportion of college tuition for low-income students, it has covered only two full-time semesters per year and has not included any support for summer courses through most of its history. As research has shown that continuous enrollment throughout the year increases college persistence and completion, the…
Descriptors: Grants, Student Financial Aid, Summer Programs, School Schedules
Tandberg, David; Laderman, Sophia; Carlson, Andy – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2017
This white paper, an update to the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association's (SHEEO's) 2014 "Moving the Needle" report (Carlson & Zaback, 2014), examines innovative policies to improve college affordability for students from families in the two lowest income quintiles, using updated data and analyses. The policies…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Student Costs, Federal State Relationship, College Students
John Jay College Institute for Justice and Opportunity, 2020
The New York State Back to School Guide is written for people who wish to pursue a college education in New York State after their release from incarceration. Its core purpose is to help readers develop a thoughtful and practical academic reentry plan to advance personal and professional goals. Additionally, this resource will be useful to…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Reentry Students, Adult Students
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2017
In January 2010, the General Assembly passed the Complete College Tennessee Act (CCTA), a comprehensive reform agenda seeking to transform public higher education through changes in academic, fiscal and administrative policies at the state and institutional levels. While the higher education landscape has been shaped by the CCTA, higher education…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Public Colleges, Community Colleges, Undergraduate Students
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2016
In January 2010, the General Assembly passed the Complete College Tennessee Act (CCTA), a comprehensive reform agenda that seeks to transform public higher education through changes in academic, fiscal and administrative policies at the state and institutional levels. While the higher education landscape has been shaped by the CCTA, higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Students, Undergraduate Students, Enrollment
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2015
In January 2010, the General Assembly passed the Complete College Tennessee Act (CCTA), a comprehensive reform agenda that seeks to transform public higher education through changes in academic, fiscal and administrative policies at the state and institutional levels. While the higher education landscape has been shaped by the CCTA, higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Students, Undergraduate Students, Enrollment
Hiestand, Dale L. – 1971
The author deals primarily with people who make a change in career orientation so distinct that the move requires at least a year of professional or graduate education. Chapters examine such topics as the changing nature of middle age; fields of study or endeavor (mainly social work, librarianship, elementary and secondary education, and other…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Career Change, Career Choice, Educational Opportunities
