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ACT 2012 National Curriculum Survey
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The Survey asks educators about what they teach in their courses and how important they feel various topics are for students to know to be succcessful in the courses and future courses. The survey also targeted policy implications on preparing for higher standards. Queried educators included those teaching at the middle school level all the way through the postscondary level. |
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Report on Strategies for Improving Community College Student Success
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In April 2013, Our Piece of the Pie released this report, entitled "Pathways through College: Strategies for Improving Community College Student Success." It outlines the completion challenge facing community college students across the country and summarizes the strategies the colleges can pursue to improve student success. |
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Can Personalized Text Messages and Peer Mentor Outreach Increase College Going Among Low-Income High School Graduates?
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This academic paper, written by Benjamin Castleman of Harvard University and Lindsay Page of Harvard's Center for Education Policy Research, investigates text messaging and peer mentor outreach as two promising approaches to inform students of college-related summer tasks and to connect them to professional support when they need help. |
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Powerpoint Presentation for the 2/26/13 GED Webinar
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This is a copy of the presentation that Brian Smith from the GED Testing Service provided during the webianr entitled "The New GED" What to Expect in 2014" on February 26, 2013. |
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Retention Best Practices: A Collection of Best Practices from North Carolina Community Colleges
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This report, compiled by the Student Development Services within the North Carolina Community Colegee System, discusses the best practices of several North Carolina Community Colleges in their efforts to address and imrpove retention by providing increased services, caring strategies, early interventions, and other methods and/or courses of action. Best practices are listed by college and topic with campus contact information included. |
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First-Year Undergraduate Remedial Coursetaking: 1990-2000, 2003-04, 2007-08
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This report, released by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in January 2013, finds a decline in the percentage of first-year undergradaute students who reported enrolling in remedial courses. Moreover, remedial course-taking rates declined among stundets of color, but they continue to be higher than those of their white peers. |
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Non-Traditional Student and Single Parent Accessibility Self-Assessment for Colleges and Universities
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This new self-assessment
tool by Women Employed allows colleges and universities to evaluate whether
internal policies and programs are sensitive to the needs of non-traditional
and parenting students, providing them with the support they need to complete their
certificate or degree program.
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Financial Aid Reform for the 21st Century Student
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This report, released by the Institute for Higher Education Policy in January 2013, analyzes the current federal financial aid system, its evolution, and lays out a set of guiding principles in the reimagining of financial aid design and delivery. |
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Alliance for Excellent Education Slides from Federal Student Aid Webinar
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This deck of slides are from the Alliance for Excellent Education for a December 17, 2012 webinar on the Federal Student Aid System. |
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Education Trust Slides from Federal Student Aid Webinar
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This deck of slides are from the Education Trust for a December 17, 2012 webinar on the Federal Student Aid System, which was hosted by the Alliance for Excellent Education. |
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