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November 2006

New ‘Publications Library’ Makes College Access and Success Research Easy to Find

The Pathways to College Network (PCN) and Indiana Pathways to College Network have formed a partnership to provide timely, high-quality information to all college access and success stakeholders. As part of this effort, we recently launched an online ‘Publications Library' that is designed to streamline user access to research reports, studies, and websites related to improving college access and success for underserved students. Over 1300 items can be searched by title, author, source, annotation, and keyword; each item links to a full-text online copy. This project is made possible through generous funding from Lumina Foundation for Education.
 
You can find the Publications Library on the PCN website at http://www.pathwaystocollege.net/PCNLibrary/ListTopics.aspx.

Presentations
The following presentations were given by Pathways to College Network Director Ann Coles at the College Board National Forum, November 9-12 in San Diego, CA.

College Access Marketing Campaigns: Influencing College-Going Behaviors of Underrepresented Students
(view the presentation)

 This presentation outlines the core principles of College Access Marketing and provides examples of national campaigns by the College Foundation of North Carolina and Know How 2 Go, which was sponsored in partnership with the Ad Council, Lumina Foundation for Education, and the American Council on Education.

Early Commitment Financial Aid Programs – Do They Increase College Access?


(view the presentation)

This presentation explains early financial aid commitment programs and provides examples of programs administered across the country, including the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and San Diego State University in partnership with Sweetwater Union High School District. These programs offer guarantees of financial aid to middle school students if they meet certain criteria throughout their high school graduation.

New Reports

The college and financial aid guide for AB540 undocumented immigrants
This resource guide from the USC Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis provides a comprehensive guide to laws, definitions, resources, and information related to applying to and financing college for undocumented students and the practitioners who work with them.
(read the guide)

Education pays 2006
This 2006 supplement to the College Board’s 2004 publication provides a needed reminder of the benefits of higher education for individuals and society as a whole. It includes information on differences in earnings by education level, unemployment rates by education level for states, and the benefits of an educated workforce for economic growth.
(read the supplement)  

NPEC 2006 Symposium – Draft commissioned papers
For the 2006 Symposium, the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative commissioned several papers to address the question “What is student success?” Each explores this question from a different viewpoint and discusses areas for additional and continuing research. The papers include:

• Student success: What research suggests for policy and practice – James C. Hearn
• Moving from theory to action: Building a model of institutional action for student success – Vincent Tinto & Brian Pusser
• A framework for reducing the college success gap and promoting success for all – Laura Perna & Scott Thomas
• What matters to student success: A review of the literature – George Kuh, Jillian Kinzie, & Jennifer Buckley
(read the papers)
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