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Download full textCuster, Bradley D. – Center for American Progress, 2020
It has long been recognized that Black and Latinx students are underrepresented at America's top public universities and thus deprived of access to the institutions with the best graduation rates and career outcomes. Much less understood is whether these students at least have equitable access to their local community colleges, which are supposed…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Access to Education, Equal Education, Minority Group Students
Direct linkLi, Amy; Mishory, Jen – Century Foundation, 2018
Many states are passing "free" college plans, and policymakers at both the state and federal level continue to debate the merits of national "free college" or "debt-free college" proposals, also known as Promise programs. Both federal and state "free" college proposals are geared toward a policy objective of…
Descriptors: Costs, Educational Policy, Educational Finance, College Attendance
Bragg, Debra D.; Barnett, Elisabeth – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2009
The Breaking Through (BT) initiative promotes an expanded and enhanced role for community colleges in providing access to college for low-skilled adults. BT is uniquely important in its systematic integration of adult education, developmental/remedial education, professional-technical education (PTE), and career planning and preparation in…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Community Colleges, Student Participation, Adult Basic Education
Cunningham, Alisa F.; Erisman, Wendy; Looney, Shannon E. – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2008
This report examines access to higher education in underserved regions of Michigan. This study focuses on specific concerns about postsecondary education access in three geographically diverse areas of the state: suburban Macomb County; the city of Saginaw; and six rural counties in the northeastern Lower Peninsula. The report provides a summary…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Counties, Context Effect
Packwood, Gene; And Others – 1982
In 1981, a study was conducted to determine the collective impact of Michigan's 29 public community colleges on the state's economy. Differing from other economic impact studies in its emphasis on human capital as an economic resource, rather than on institutional spending and investment, the study involved the examination of existing statewide…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Enrollment
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. Project Outreach. – 1990
In June 1990, a statewide telephone survey was conducted of 1,200 former full- and part-time Michigan community college students who had not returned for classes in fall 1989. The 29 colleges were classified as urban, suburban, and regional institutions, and a total of 200 former full-time and 200 former part-time students were contacted from each…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attendance Patterns, College Attendance, Community Colleges
