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Castleman, Benjamin L.; Page, Lindsay C.; Schooley, Korynn – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2014
Despite decades of policy intervention to increase college entry and success among low-income students, considerable gaps by socioeconomic status remain. To date, policymakers have overlooked the summer after high school as an important time period in students' transition to college, yet recent research documents high rates of summer attrition…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Student Attrition, Enrollment, Persistence
Castleman, Benjamin L.; Arnold, Karen; Lynk Wartman, Katherine – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
The summer after high school graduation is a largely unexamined stage of college access among underrepresented populations in higher education. Yet two recent studies revealed that anywhere from 10% to 40% of low-income students who have been accepted to college and signaled their intent to enroll reconsider where, and even whether, to matriculate…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Urban Schools, High School Graduates, Enrollment
Strait, Gerald Gill; Smith, Bradley H.; McQuillin, Sam; Terry, John; Swan, Suzanne; Malone, Patrick S. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
Motivational interviewing (MI) is an effective method of promoting change in adults, but research on adolescents is limited. This study tests the efficacy of MI for promoting academic achievement in middle school students. Participants were 103 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-grade students randomly assigned to either a MI (n = 50) or a waitlist control…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Motivation Techniques, Control Groups, Interviews
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Glass, J. Conrad, Jr.; Garrett, Matthew S. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1995
Describes a study conducted at four North Carolina community colleges of the relationship between completion of an orientation by new students, higher retention, and grade point averages. Indicates that completing an orientation course during the first term of enrollment promotes and improves student performance regardless of age, gender, race,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Counseling, Grade Point Average, Outcomes of Education