This report from the National Center for Education Statistics describes outcomes of 2007–08 bachelor’s degree recipients in 2018, about 10 years after graduation. Outcomes include financial well-being, student loan borrowing and repayment, post-baccalaureate enrollment, employment history, earnings, job characteristics, and teaching status.
On July 26, 2019, the National Center for Education Research of the Institute of Education Sciences convened a group of experts, including representatives from the College Completion Network, to discuss the current state of the field of research and practice for helping students navigate through postsecondary education. This document summarizes each session within the meeting and intends to accurately chronicle the main presentation and discussion points.
This report presents the findings from the first long-term experimental evaluation of a need-based financial aid program, the privately funded Wisconsin Scholars Grant.
This report from MDRC presents the findings from the Encouraging Additional Summer Enrollment intervention study, which used a randomized controlled trial to test two interventions, behavioral insights and a financial incentive, to encourage community college students to take summer classes.
When students struggle academically, schools often try to help them by placing them on academic probation. The challenge lies in how to inform students of this status in a way that helps them feel motivated and supported, rather than crushed and ashamed. The College Transition Collaborative (CTC), a nonprofit research center based at Stanford University, has found a way to write a probation notification letter that is sensitive to the psychological experience of students. Developed by the College Transition Collaborative in collaboration with our network's Growth Mindset research team, this course is designed to help college administrators communicate more effectively around academic probation in a way that intentionally addresses the worries and concerns students have when being placed on probation.
This report from the National Center for Education Statistics provides a data set on institutional characteristics for the 2020-21 academic year, college completions from July 2019 -June 2020, and 12-month college enrollment for the 2019-20 academic year.