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Straight A’s in Student Success: 5 Studies That Show How to Improve Outcomes for College

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Effective Student Success Practices

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Evidence-Based Policy

A Roaring Success of a Study Arrives at Just the Right Time

Evidence-Based Policy Long-Term Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate Teen Options to Prevent Pregnancy (T.O.P.P.) Summaries of RCT Grants Evidence-Based Policy Randomized controlled trial of Part-Time Students Accelerating in Learning (PT SAIL), an adaptation of Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) for part-time, currently enrolled students at an Ohio community college Summaries of RCT Grants Evidence-Based Policy Randomized controlled trial of ConTextos’ Authors Circle — a jail-based memoir writing program for pre-trial detainees, aimed at reducing jail misconduct and recidivism Summaries of RCT Grants Evidence-Based Policy A randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate New Mexico’s oversubscribed “Dual Language Immersion” charter schools, and the state’s elementary and high school charter schools as a whole Summaries of RCT Grants Evidence-Based Policy Positive impacts on bachelor’s degree receipt in a randomized controlled trial of Bottom Line – a program providing one-on-one guidance to help low-income students get into and graduate from college Findings from RCT Grants

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Effective Student Success Practices

‘Blockbuster’ Results in College Completion Program Transforming Higher Education

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Evidence-Based Policy

Tutoring May Be Key to Regaining Learning Loss

Evidence-Based Policy Long-term follow-up of the WorkAdvance study, evaluating the effectiveness of four different sector-focused workforce development programs for unemployed and low wage working adults Summaries of RCT Grants Evidence-Based Policy A long-term follow-up of two welfare reform randomized trials from the 1990s, measuring effects on parent and child outcomes 15 to 24 years after study entry Summaries of RCT Grants Evidence-Based Policy Long-term follow-up of the ongoing RCT of the City University of New York’s (CUNY) Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) at three Ohio community colleges Summaries of RCT Grants Evidence-Based Policy Expanding the long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of KIPP charter middle schools Summaries of RCT Grants Evidence-Based Policy Expansion and Randomized Controlled Evaluation of Critical Time Intervention Summaries of RCT Grants Evidence-Based Policy Critical Time Intervention Expansion Project — Region 8 Mississippi Summaries of RCT Grants Evidence-Based Policy Expansion of Critical Time Intervention in Chicago and Central Mississippi Summaries of RCT Grants Evidence-Based Policy A randomized controlled trial to evaluate Bridges to Success, a mentoring program to help low-income individuals obtain employment and financial stability Summaries of RCT Grants Evidence-Based Policy Randomized controlled trial of ASSISTments’ virtual training model – a lower-cost adaptation of the ASSISTments web-based study tool, aimed at increasing math achievement Summaries of RCT Grants Evidence-Based Policy Randomized controlled trial of Functional Family Therapy-Gangs (FFT-G), a therapeutic intervention for justice-involved youth Summaries of RCT Grants Evidence-Based Policy Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial of Low-Cost 'Getting to Know You' Intervention for College Instructors and their Students Findings from RCT Grants

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