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Riley Acton; Kalena E. Cortes; Lois Miller; Camila Morales – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Leveraging rich data on the universe of Texas high school graduates, we estimate how the relationship between geographic access to public two- and four-year postsecondary institutions and postsecondary outcomes varies across race-ethnicity and socioeconomic status. We find that students are sensitive to the distance they must travel to access…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Proximity, Public Colleges, Postsecondary Education
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Burmicky, Jorge; Ryu, Wonsun; Palomín, Leticia; Sáenz, Victor B. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2022
This study examines the educational outcomes of Latino men in Texas by conducting a descriptive policy-focused disaggregate analysis of longitudinal data from the 8th Grade Cohort Longitudinal Study and the Integrated Postsecondary Data System (IPEDS). Based on our analysis, we provide context and understanding of the progress made towards meeting…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Males, Educational Attainment, Equal Education
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Gururaj, Suchitra V. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2021
Students who delay immediate postsecondary enrollment may forego individual benefits, or represent misplaced resources for higher education institutions by not persisting once enrolled. Understanding the various pathways of diverse students is especially important in states that are experiencing a major demographic shift. Using a multi-agency…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Attendance, High School Graduates, Academic Persistence
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Jabbar, Huriya; Sánchez, Joanna; Epstein, Eliza – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2017
Community colleges have received renewed attention from policymakers seeking to increase college attendance and completion rates because they provide open access to postsecondary education for historically marginalized students. Yet, transfer rates from community colleges to 4-year institutions are low. Inequities in opportunity that are shaped by…
Descriptors: Geography, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges
Mellor, Lynn; Stoker, Ginger; Muhisani, Helen – Texas Education Research Center, 2017
With the passage of HB 5 in 2013, the Foundation High School Program became the graduation program for all Texas public high school students beginning with the entering Grade 9 students in 2014-15. The new graduation requirements introduced greater flexibility for students in earning a high school diploma. Updates to curriculum and graduation…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Graduation Requirements, State Policy, Educational Policy
Fernandez, Chris; Fletcher, Carla; Klepfer, Kasey – TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation), 2016
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation (TG) provides critical support to schools, students, and borrowers at every stage of the federal student aid process--from providing information on how to pay for a higher education including financial aid options, to facilitating successful loan repayment after graduation. This 2016 issue of "State…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Student Loan Programs, Higher Education, Population Trends
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Texas State Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. Div. of Community Colleges and Technical Institutes. – 2000
This statewide fact book contains general statistical information about public community and technical colleges in Texas. Each section of the report begins with a statewide summary, which generally includes graphical representation of observations. Following the statewide summary in each section, detailed institutional information is presented in…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Finance