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Download full textPell 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
Miller, 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
