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Download full textNichols, Andrew Howard; Clinedinst, Melissa – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2013
This report examines provisional admission as an initiative that can expand four-year college access and success for students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Provisional admission policies and programs enable students to enroll at an institution under specific conditions. Students are often required to meet certain academic…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Programs, Academic Support Services, Transitional Programs
Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2012
It is intuitive for businesses and corporations to be worried about the nation's economic competitiveness in the globalized marketplace. To help close this income-based degree attainment gap, models of college access and success programs continue to emerge among the corporate sector. For years, many corporations have established internship and/or…
Descriptors: Corporations, School Business Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Human Capital
Miller, Abby; Erisman, Wendy – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2011
The objectives of this research were to identify: 1) promising institutional practices for retaining and graduating low-income, first-generation community college transfer students at four-year institutions, including any transfer-specific support systems; 2) outcomes of transfer students (i.e., graduation rates) at four-year institutions in…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Low Income Groups, Economically Disadvantaged, College Transfer Students
Buckley, Pamela; Muraskin, Lana – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2009
Denver Public Schools (DPS), the Denver Scholarship Foundation, The Piton Foundation, and the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education undertook a study to learn how DPS graduates perform in college. The report describes who enrolls in college, and who persists and earns a college certificate or degree. In addition, the…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Public Schools, Advanced Placement, Community Colleges
Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2009
Since 1997, four national studies conducted by the U.S. Department of Education have been completed on the Federal TRIO programs. Data from these studies demonstrate that participation in a TRIO program has a significant impact on the educational outcomes of low-income, first-generation students and students with disabilities. This paper provides…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Talent, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education
Engle, Jennifer; Bermeo, Adolfo; O'Brien, Colleen – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2006
This report presents the findings from focus groups with first-generation students in Texas. The students shared what works to help them make the transition from high school to college, as well as what didn't work or what could work better to get more first-generation students into college. Pre-college services and programs can ease the transition…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Focus Groups, College Admission, Parent Student Relationship
