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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Bridging the Gaps to Success: Promising Practices for Promoting Transfer among Low-Income and First-Generation Students. An In-Depth Study of Six Exemplary Community Colleges in Texas
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Smith, Chandra Taylor; Miller, Abby – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2009
This study asks the question: what are the promising practices for transferring students from two-year to four-year institutions? To answer this question, the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education conducted a study to examine the institutional characteristics, practices, and policies that might contribute to assuring that…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Community Colleges, College Transfer Students, Low Income Groups
Assessing the Use and Impact of ECMC Foundation's Realizing the College Dream Curriculum
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Miller, Abby; Smith, Chandra Taylor – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2009
In 2004 ECMC Foundation published a guide called "Realizing the College Dream" (RTCD) which is designed for educators and staff to help low-income, first-generation college, middle and high school students increase their expectations of attending postsecondary education, and take steps to realize this goal. While ECMC Foundation trainings and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Use Studies, Program Evaluation, First Generation College Students