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Sepanik, Susan; Ratledge, Alyssa; Shane, Andrea; Dixon, Michelle; Martin-Lawrence, Amanda – MDRC, 2022
For the past several years, the California State University (CSU) has been investigating a proposal to add one year of high school quantitative reasoning coursework to the current CSU first-year admissions requirements, often referred to as A-G courses. Qualifying quantitative reasoning courses would include courses in mathematics (area C),…
Descriptors: State Universities, Admission Criteria, Required Courses, College Admission
Colleen Sommo; Alexander K. Mayer; Timothy Rudd; Dan Cullinan – MDRC, 2012
Postsecondary credentials are increasingly important to labor market success. Community colleges provide a key pathway to these credentials for many, including low-income and nontraditional students. Unfortunately, many community college students leave before earning a degree or credential, especially those who enter underprepared for…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Community Colleges, Longitudinal Studies
Colleen Sommo; Alexander K. Mayer; Timothy Rudd; Dan Cullinan – MDRC, 2012
This is the executive summary for the report, "Commencement Day: Six-Year Effects of a Freshman Learning Community Program at Kingsborough Community College." As part of MDRC's multisite Opening Doors demonstration, Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York--a large, urban college in the City University of New York (CUNY)…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Longitudinal Studies, Communities of Practice