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COMMUNITY COLLEGES PAVE WAY FOR NATIONAL TRANSFER PRACTICES TO INCREASE BACHELOR ATTAINMENT RATES AMONG LOW-INCOME, FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS

Six Texas Community Colleges Successfully Create “Culture of Transfer” on Campuses to
Produce Some of the Nation’s Highest Transfer Rates


[ Click here (.pdf) to read the press release ]

Study Identifies Factors Behind Successful Community College Transfers ( Diverse )

Qualities That Promote Transfer ( Inside Higher Ed )

Report Highlights Characteristics of Colleges With High Transfer-Success Rates( The Chonicle )

Media Contact — Tia Gordon, Telephone: (202) 906-0149, E-mail: ( tia.gordon@coenet.us )
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The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education conducts and disseminates research and policy analysis to encourage policymakers, educators, and the public to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for low-income, first-generation, and disabled college students.

WHAT'S NEW?

NEW! Bridging the Gaps to Success — Promising Practices for Promoting Transfer Among Low-Income and First-Generation Students (.pdf)

NEW! Policy Brief — Financial Education in TRIO Programs (.pdf)

NEW! Opportunity Matters Occasional Paper Series — Call for Papers (.pdf)

NEW! Pell Institute Education Research and Policy Internship (.pdf), also available in Microsoft Word format (.docx)

NEW! National Studies Find TRIO Programs Effective at Increasing College Enrollment and Graduation (.pdf)

NEW! Addressing Study Error in the Random Assignment, National Evaluation of Upward Bound: Do the Conclusions Change? (.pdf)

Assessing the Use and Impact of ECMC Foundation’s Realizing the College Dream Curriculum (.pdf)

Graduates of Denver Public Schools: College Access and Success

The Pell Institute, in Partnership with NACAC, Receives Lumina Foundation for Education Grant to Study Alternative College Admissions Strategies

The Pell Institute reflects on Senator Pell's legacy

Moving Beyond Access: College Success for Low-Income, First Generation Students

Opportunity Matters study cited in recent Chronicle article: "Learning Community' Programs Can Help At-Risk Students, Study Concludes"

The Pell Institute announces the innaugural issue of Opportunity Matters: A Journal of Research Informing Educational Opportunity Practice & Programs, Vol. 1 2008

The Pell Institute, The Sallie Mae Fund & BET Networks publish college scholarship guide for African American students

Read Press Release about Black College Dollars: Scholarships for African-American Students, 2007-2008 Directory

View presentations from the Research and Retention Strands at the 26th Annual COE Annual Conference held in September 2007

View presentations from the 24th Annual Student Financial Aid Research Network Conference

Read the press release about Demography is not Destiny

New Report: Demography is not Destiny: Increasing the Graduation Rates of Low-Income College Students at Large Public Universities

New Report: Straight from the Source: What Works for First-Generation College Students

Read the Press Release on Straight from the Source

Pell Institute, Pathways to College receive funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Lumina Foundation for Education for “Effective Tools for Evaluating the Outcomes and Impact of Outreach Programs and Practice” project

Pell Institute, COE receive funding from USAFunds for Project on Institutional Tools for Low-Income Student Retention

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NEW! Bridging the Gaps to Success — Promising Practices for Promoting Transfer Among Low-Income and First-Generation Students (.pdf)



NEW! Policy Brief — Financial Education in TRIO Programs (.pdf)



NEW! National Studies Find TRIO Programs Effective at Increasing College Enrollment and Graduation (.pdf)



NEW! Addressing Study Error in the Random Assignment, National Evaluation of Upward Bound: Do the Conclusions Change? (.pdf)



NEW! Assessing the Use and Impact of ECMC Foundation’s Realizing the College Dream Curriculum (.pdf)



NEW! Graduates of Denver Public Schools: College Access and Success
A new report examining Denver Public Schools graduates regarding who enrolls and persists in college.



Moving Beyond Access: College Success for Low-Income, First Generation Students



Opportunity Matters
A Journal of Research Informing Educational Opportunity Practice & Programs
Vol. 1 2008




Black College Dollars
Scholarships for African-
American Students
2007-2008 Directory
(.pdf)



Demography Is Not
Destiny
(.pdf)



Straight From The Source
What Works For
First-Generation
College Students
(.pdf)

 
           
     


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