Where to Begin? The Evolving Role of Placement Exams for Students Starting College
Where to Begin? The Evolving Role of Placement Exams for Students Starting College Research has cast doubt on the validity of using placement tests to determine if incoming students are college ready, and the nation…
Statewide Aid Policies to Improve College Access and Success
Statewide Aid Policies to Improve College Access and Success To meet its goal of producing the best-educated citizenry and workforce in the nation, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education has identified five key outcomes that…
Innovation at Scale: How Virginia Community Colleges Are Collaborating to Improve Developmental Education and Increase Student Success
Innovation at Scale: How Virginia Community Colleges Are Collaborating to Improve Developmental Education and Increase Student Success The state of Virginia—like nearly every state and, indeed, many countries—has turned its attention to helping more students…
Testing Ground: How Florida Schools and Colleges Are Using a New Assessment to Increase College Readiness
Testing Ground: How Florida Schools and Colleges Are Using a New Assessment to Increase College Readiness In order to improve college completion rates, state governments and institutions must focus on the large proportion of students…
Access to Community College for Undocumented Immigrants: A Guide for State Policymakers
Access to Community College for Undocumented Immigrants: A Guide for State Policymakers How are states and community college systems working to improve undocumented students’ access to postsecondary education? This brief highlights what five states with…
Rethinking Readiness: Deeper Learning for College, Work, and Life
Rethinking Readiness: Deeper Learning for College, Work, and Life *Rethinking Readiness: Deeper Learning for College, Work, and Life* offers a provocative look at how high schools can help students become truly prepared for college, career,…
An Introduction to the Deeper Learning Series
An Introduction to the Deeper Learning Series This publication presents the executive summaries of 11 papers in the Students at the Center Deeper Learning Research Series. Each report offers a provocative but even-handed perspective on…
Early College Expansion: Propelling Students to Postsecondary Success, At a School Near You
Early College Expansion: Propelling Students to Postsecondary Success, At a School Near You Early college schools are succeeding at our nation’s most daunting educational challenge—propelling students from underserved backgrounds to graduate high school and earn…
Tying Funding to Community College Outcomes: Models, Tools, and Recommendations for States
Tying Funding to Community College Outcomes: Models, Tools, and Recommendations for States Driven by economic and educational imperatives, public policymakers, higher education leaders, and philanthropic and advocacy groups are mobilizing aggressive national and state campaigns…