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Download full textMiller, Abby; Taylor Smith, Chandra; Nichols, Andrew – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2011
This paper offers a comprehensive description of the academic and social support systems for low-income, first-generation students attending a major four-year, for-profit, multi-campus university. College retention and success research has determined that effective support services succeed in retaining and graduating low-income, first-generation…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Low Income Groups, At Risk Students, College 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; O'Brien, Colleen – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2007
What accounts for the differences in retention and graduation rates among large public colleges and universities that serve high numbers of low-income students? To answer this question, the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education has conducted two studies to examine the institutional characteristics, practices, and policies…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Universities, Institutional Characteristics, Demography
Engle, Jennifer; O'Brien, Colleen – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2005
In order to meet the need for more educated workers in the state, the Governor's Commission on Higher Education and the Economy (CHEE) has set an ambitious goal of increasing college and university enrollment in Ohio by 30 percent or 180,000 students over the next decade (CHEE, 2004). This goal can arguably only be met if the state takes measures…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Access to Education, Public Policy, Paying for College
Muraskin, Lana; Lee, John – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2004
This report presents the findings of a study designed by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education to identify the institutional characteristics, practices, and policies that might account for differences in retention and graduation rates among colleges and universities that serve high concentrations of low-income…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, College Students, Graduation Rate, School Holding Power
