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

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• the demographic profile of students served by educational opportunity programs with attention to the needs of special populations or subgroups (i.e. immigrant students, out-of-school youth, males of color, rural students).
• the factors (i.e. academic, social, economic) that affect college access and success for low-income, minority, and first-generation college students as well as students with disabilities.
• the programs and practices that improve college attendance and completion rates for underrepresented populations (i.e. curricula, pedagogies including the use of technology, counseling practices).
• the methods used to evaluate the effectiveness of educational opportunity programs and/or the outcomes of program evaluation studies.
• the larger policy contexts in which educational opportunity programs operate and the impact of policy and legislation on the delivery of services to target populations.

• Learning Better Together: The Impact of Learning Communities on the Persistence of Low-Income Students by Cathy Engstrom and Vincent Tinto, Syracuse University. (available for a limited time as a pdf)
• In Their Own Words: Voices of First-Generation College Students in a Multicultural Learning Community by Rashné Jehangir, The University of Minnesota.
• Can Leadership Development Through Civic Engagement Activities Improve Retention Rates for Disadvantaged College Students? by Kate S. Williams and Rose M. Perrine, Eastern Kentucky University. (available for a limited time as a pdf)
• Assessing the Graduate School Readiness and Preparation Needs of McNair-Eligible College Students. by Karen J. Raymond and Kim Black, University of Northern Colorado.
• The Drive to Attract More Students into Higher Education: Initiatives from the United Kingdom by Heather Eggins and Diana Tlupova, Institute for Access Studies, Staffordshire University, UK.

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Opportunity Matters is a publication of the Council for Opportunity in Education. It is published annually as part of the Council’s subscription package. Subscriptions to the Council’s publications include Opportunity Matters, COE NETworks (a yearly magazine), Equality (four issues per year), Research Briefings (a bimonthly electronic publication), e-news u can use (an electronic newsletter), and the Directory of TRIO/GEAR UP Programs. Subscription packages are $200 for members and $400 for nonmembers annually. Subscriptions are an allowable cost for TRIO Programs. Under OMB Circular A-21, “Cost Principles for Educational Institutions” (j.28) and OMB Circular A-122 “Cost Principles for Non-Profit Organizations” (B.25) “Cost of...Subscriptions to…professional periodicals are allowable.” To sign up for a subscription package, please visit www.coenet.us.

For more information, please contact the Dr. Chandra Taylor Smith, Director of the Pell Institute by email at (Chandra.TaylorSmith@pellinstitute.org) or by phone at
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