From Goals to Graduation to Post-Completion Success: Why Every Student Needs an Educational Plan
Based on research from “More Essential Than Ever” and other recent research, this brief shows how educational plans convert abstract choices into personalized roadmaps in order to improve student persistence, timely program completion, and long-term career success.
Who Rides Out the Storm After Graduation? Socioeconomic Gaps in First Job Transitions
Using data from a multi-campus public college system, this brief shows that differences in first post-college jobs—primarily starting salaries—can explain two thirds or more of the Year 5 earnings gap
between otherwise similar low- and high-SES graduates.
Basic Needs Supports in Community Colleges
This new fact sheet explores students’ basic needs—including nutrition, housing, childcare, transportation, and healthcare—and provides policy considerations for improving basic needs supports.
Scaling Dual Enrollment Pathways to College and Career Opportunity: Five State Policy Strategies
Drawing on examples from around the country, this policy brief identifies five strategies states can use to help colleges and school districts adopt and sustain purposeful dual enrollment practices that lead to greater opportunity for students.
Implementing the Federal Work-Study Program: A Resource Utilization and Cost Study at Six CUNY Colleges
Using information and cost data from several CUNY campuses, this brief describes the FWS program’s core administrative components, estimates the campus costs of its implementation, and shows how program scale, staffing, and technology shape these costs.