Measuring Rural College Student Access and Success
Field Development
This grant supports the Student Success Through Applied Research Lab at the University of Wisconsin—Madison in generating new insights, with novel data sources, into where rural students attend college, which colleges serve them well, and whether they return home after college.
Supporting the Massachusetts Prison Education Consortium
Connect
This grant supports The Educational Justice Institute in coordinating the Massachusetts Prison Education Consortium to convene providers, collect and analyze academic and corrections data, and develop a strategic plan for the expansion of postsecondary education programs in prisons across the state.
Beyond the College Walls: Principles and Partnerships for the Next Community College Decade
Field Development
This grant supports Achieving the Dream in sponsoring the publication of a new edited collection from Harvard Education Press that outlines key elements of community college reform required for those institutions to meet the needs of today’s and future learners.
Supporting the Reimagine Rural Podcast
Field Development
This grant supports the Reimagining Rural Policy initiative at the Brookings Institution in producing its third season of the Reiminagining Rural podcast. The podcast explores how strategic public investment in rural communities can spur innovation and development, including the ways in which postsecondary education and workforce training are core to opportunity for rural learners.
Synthesis of Evidence Across Three States on Shortened Academic Terms
Support
This grant supports Wheelhouse Center for Community College Leadership and Research in synthesizing evidence from three states about the impacts of shortened academic courses on student outcomes.
Dual Enrollment Benchmarking Planning
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This Seeding Innovation grant supports Education Strategy Group in exploring the potential to build a national benchmarking data study for dual credit programs. This grant will support foundational landscape analysis, partnership development, and a feasibility study to determine if and how a large-scale national study and associated data set could be created to aid in states' strategic implementation of dual credit policies and programs.
Evaluation of Scaling Shortened Academic Terms Initiative
Support
This grants supports Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Teachers College, Columbia University in evaluating an initiative to scale shortened courses at up to 16 community colleges across four states. CCRC will implement a multi-component evaluation to monitor initiative progress, assess students’ learning outcomes, and identify the conditions that support scale of shortened academic terms.
Scaling Shortened Academic Terms Initiative
Support
This grant supports Achieving the Dream in helping up to 16 community colleges across four states implement shortened academic term structures through tailored technical assistance and peer learning. A paired independent evaluation will monitor progress, assess student outcomes, and identify conditions for broader scale.
From Jail to College: Building a Regional Pathway to Access and Opportunity through Western Mass CORE
Support
This grant supports the Hampden County Career Center, through its Western Mass CORE program, in developing a regional strategy to facilitate access to and success in high-quality postsecondary educational pathways for incarcerated individuals in county jails across Western Massachusetts.
Scaling Evidence-Based Holistic Student Supports
Support
This grant supports One Million Degrees (OMD) in implementing its model of holistic learner supports at five community colleges. OMD will also partner with Complete College America to build the college's capacity to scale and sustain the OMD model.