A Policymaker's Guide to Early College Designs: Expanding a Strategy for Achieving College Readiness for All The best way to prepare young people to succeed in college is to provide them with substantial college experiences…
Innovations in College Readiness: How Early College Schools are Preparing Students Underrepresented in Higher Education for College Success Immediately upon taking office, President Barack Obama articulated in speeches and policy what Americans already knew: achieving…
Ensuring College Success: Scaffolding Experiences for Students and Faculty in an Early College School The Science, Technology and Research Early College School, working closely with Brooklyn College—a partnership that has been supported by the Woodrow…
On Ramp to College: A State Policymaker's Guide to Dual Enrollment On Ramp to College reviews trends in a growing number of states that see dual enrollment as a way to expand college opportunity—particularly for…
Interest in dual enrollment is rising in California and nationwide, but students from special populations—including English learners, students with disabilities, foster youth, and young people experiencing homelessness—are too often left on the sidelines. This report…
English learners have tremendous potential but too often are held back from participating in the courses that lead to postsecondary degree completion and career success. Dual enrollment can be a powerful tool to increase college…
The Blueprint is designed to support community college leaders in launching a direct assessment competency-based education (CBE) program. Direct assessment CBE requires significant changes to teaching, learning, and business operations that must be addressed strategically.…
Transforming traditional high schools to better prepare all graduates to succeed both in college and the new world of work is a daunting task. But it can be done—and in a relatively short period of…
Jobs for the Future (JFF) presents these practitioner informed policy design principles for College Promise, Career-Connected Postsecondary programs, and Dual Enrollment to advise state and federal policymakers on what works to increase college and career…