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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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Undocumented Immigrants and Higher Education Policy: The Policymaking Environment of New York State
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Nienhusser, H. Kenny – Review of Higher Education, 2015
This research presents findings of the policymaking environment in the area of postsecondary education benefits for undocumented immigrants in New York. In addition to describing the response to ever-changing federal, state, and local actions, this investigation also identifies five political forces (power of the governor, pressure of advocacy…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, Educational Policy, Postsecondary Education, Educational Benefits
Using Propensity Score Matching to Test the Community College Penalty Assumption
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Dietrich, Cecile C.; Lichtenberger, Eric J. – Review of Higher Education, 2015
Research studies have been ambivalent about whether enrolling in community college makes completing a bachelor's degree less likely than directly enrolling in a four-year institution. This study uses propensity score matching with a posttreatment adjustment to determine the treatment effect associated with taking the community college to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Enrollment, Bachelors Degrees, Graduation
Institutional Merit-Based Aid and Student Departure: A Longitudinal Analysis
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Gross, Jacob P. K.; Hossler, Don; Ziskin, Mary; Berry, Matthew S. – Review of Higher Education, 2015
The use of merit criteria in awarding institutional aid has grown considerably and, some argue, is supplanting need as the central factor in awarding aid. Concurrently, the accountability movement in higher education has placed greater emphasis on retention and graduation as indicators of institutional success and quality. In this context, this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Financial Aid, Accountability, Academic Achievement
Considering the Interest-Convergence Dilemma in STEM Education
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Baber, Lorenzo DuBois – Review of Higher Education, 2015
This study examines tensions between universalist ideology and racial/ethnic inequalities in STEM education. Using data collected from qualitative interviews with STEM diversity administrators at 10 research-intensive, public universities, the study considers programmatic goals through an interest-convergence framework. Emerging patterns reveal…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Research Universities, Public Colleges, Disproportionate Representation