Can free community college close racial disparities in postsecondary attainment? How Tulsa Achieves affects racially minoritized student outcomes

E Bell, D Gándara - American Educational Research Journal, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Promise programs, or place-based tuition-free college policies, have become increasingly
popular among policymakers looking to expand postsecondary attainment. In this article, we …

The promise of free college (and its potential pitfalls)

DN Harris, R Farmer-Hinton, J Diamond… - 2018 - vtechworks.lib.vt.edu
This study examines one of the first randomized control trials of a program similar to many
free college and promise scholarship proposals. The Degree Project was launched in …

Can the Promise of Free Education Improve College Attainment? Lessons from the Milwaukee Area Technical College Promise

DM Anderson, DB Monaghan, J Richardson - Research in Higher …, 2024 - Springer
This study found that the MATC Promise increased college attainment by encouraging
Milwaukee high school students to access state and federal aid, and to consider …

Evidence of failure: How high school counselors and administrators make sense of promise scholarship merit requirements

KK Rifelj, PJ Kuttner - Teachers College Record, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Promise scholarship programs designed to increase college access and
success are proliferating across the country. However, little research has investigated how …

[PDF][PDF] Gown towns: A case study of Say Yes to Education

RV Reeves, K Guyot, E Rodrigue - Center on Children and Families …, 2018 - ppgbuffalo.org
It will not be possible to make serious progress in improving social mobility without meeting
the challenge of improving educational outcomes for students from our poorest cities. Say …

Three Essays on the Pittsburgh Promise

DJ Lowry - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Promise programs are place-based programs that discount the price of postsecondary
education with the goal of increasing degree attainment. I contribute to the growing literature …

The Effect of a Dual Enrollment Tuition Subsidy for Students Eligible for Free/Reduced Price Meals: Evidence from CCR-CCA in Maryland.

BH Witzen - Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center, 2021 - ERIC
The College and Career Readiness and College Completion Act (CCR-CCA) of 2013
(Chapter 533, Senate Bill 740, 2013) passed the Maryland General Assembly in 2013 with …

[BUKU][B] Dallas County Promise: Exploring Implementation, Outcomes, and Practitioner Perspectives

D Terrell - 2021 - search.proquest.com
This study sought to understand the Dallas County Promise Program, a last-dollar
community college Promise program introduced in Texas in 2017. I examined the …

[PDF][PDF] The Kalamazoo Promise and College Enrollment

G Dominguez - lbj.utexas.edu
Abstract College Promise Programs have existed for over a decade despite the sudden
popularity and increasing calls for free college and abolishing student debt. These programs …

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R Goldstein, TV Shaw, S AM Klumpner… - Metall. Trans …, 2017 - mldscenter.maryland.gov
Executive Summary The College and Career Readiness and College Completion Act (CCR-
CCA) of 2013 (Chapter 533, Senate Bill 740, 2013) passed the Maryland General Assembly …