Can free community college close racial disparities in postsecondary attainment? How Tulsa Achieves affects racially minoritized student outcomes

E Bell, D Gándara - American Educational Research Journal, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Promise programs, or place-based tuition-free college policies, have become increasingly
popular among policymakers looking to expand postsecondary attainment. In this article, we …

Tribal Community-University Partnerships for Indigenous Futures

TJ Ambo - Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research …, 2024 - Springer
The nexus of the# LandBack movement, the discovery of unmarked gravesites at residential
schools, the return of ancestral remains, the uptake of settler land acknowledgments, and …

Tuition‐free promise programs: Implications and lessons learned

MS Billings, D Gándara, AY Li - New Directions for Community …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Promise programs are an increasing popular solution to improving college affordability,
reducing educational inequities, and promoting economic development. Promise programs …

Leveraging insights from behavioral science and administrative burden in free college program design: A typology

K Rosinger, K Meyer, J Wang - Journal of Behavioral Public …, 2021 - journal-bpa.org
Amid concerns over college affordability, many communities and states have enacted free
college programs, and the Biden administration has brought momentum to federal free …

Will College Promise Programs Improve or Reduce Equity? Understanding the Contextual Conditions That Influence Program Implementation.

LW Perna, J Wright-Kim, EW Leigh - Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2021 - ERIC
Although" free tuition" programs are politically popular, some worry that these programs will
exacerbate inequity. Scholars note that program outcomes depend on implementation, but …

The impact of offering baccalaureate degrees on institutional enrollment in community colleges

J Wright-Kim - Community College Review, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: The community college sector plays a vital role in broadening access to education
and helping states meet their workforce needs. An emerging trend and potential lever to …

The looming demographic cliff: A wake‐up call for the agricultural and applied economics profession

RM Nayga Jr, J Liu, B Kassas - American Journal of Agricultural …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The looming demographic cliff, characterized by a projected decline in college student
enrollment, can have important impacts for the agricultural and applied economics …

Supporting undocumented community college students

F Ngo, JK Hinojosa - New Directions for Community Colleges, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Community colleges are a critical access point to higher education for undocumented
students, yet undocumented community college students often report feelings of constrained …

Delivering on the promise: The role of supplemental promise programs in reducing barriers to college success

CN Dickason, C Heinrich, M Smith - The Journal of Higher …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
As college promise programs proliferate across the country, supplemental promise
programs are emerging to fill gaps in services and resources critical for student success …

Expectations of a promise: The psychological contracts between students, the state, and key actors in a tuition-free college environment

JW Kramer - Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This qualitative study examines Tennessee Promise students'(N= 60) perceptions of
supports and resources during their first year of college. Students' reflections suggest that …