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Smithwick-Rodriguez, Tracie – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Low-income high school graduates are less likely to get to a postsecondary institution than their middle and upper-income peers (U.S. Department of Education, 2000). Students who do enter a four-year institution do not have the necessary academic preparation to succeed and obtain a professional degree. The study examined how two national college…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Educational Opportunities, Program Effectiveness
Tarlton, Edward Lamont – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of the 4-H Life Skills program on participants' noncognitive college and career readiness levels, utilizing the ACT Engage 6-9 instrument (formerly known as the Student Readiness Inventory--Middle School) to evaluate quantitatively the noncognitive (psychosocial) college and career readiness…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Grade 8, Middle School Students
Reyes, Pedro; Alexander, Celeste; Edwards, Wesley; Stephens, Sarah; English, Kyle – Texas Education Research Center, 2020
Texas is taking a multipronged approach to improving developmental education delivery and increasing student success rates by aggressively pursuing programmatic, research, and instructional strategies that will boost college completion and help reach labor market goals. Texas higher education has committed itself to providing improved and more…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Developmental Studies Programs