ERIC Number: EJ1077928
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Oct
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
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2014 AERA Presidential Address: The College Ambition Program: A Realistic Transition Strategy for Traditionally Disadvantaged Students
Schneider, Barbara
Educational Researcher, v44 n7 p394-403 Oct 2015
The College Ambition Program (CAP) is designed to encourage low-income and minority students to enroll in college. The following analysis presents updated results from my AERA presidential talk in 2014. Results indicate that CAP, which is a schoolwide intervention, increased college attendance for low-income and minority students in seven treatment high schools compared to 31 control schools by 8%. The 8% increase is largely concentrated in students who would have not attended college but instead enrolled in 2-year institutions. The modest effects of CAP should be viewed as positive and encouraging, especially providing direction for replication and scale-up.
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Low Income Students, Minority Group Students, College Preparation, Intervention, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, College Bound Students, High School Graduates, Program Effectiveness, Academic Aspiration, Program Descriptions, Enrollment Rate, Quasiexperimental Design, Statistical Data, Data Analysis, Effect Size
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF); National Institutes of Health (DHHS)
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Identifiers - Location: Michigan
Grant or Contract Numbers: DRL-1316702; 5R01GM102637-03