College Readiness and Success

The white paper Student Records Access for Success: Closed Schools, Transcript Holds, and the Future of Learner Records discusses the evolving landscape of student record access and its impact on educational success. Key points include recent changes in student record policies, the role of accreditors, and the solutions regional compacts are advocating. The report highlights the importance of student transcripts, not only for individual students but also for employers and other educational institutions.

The purpose of this research brief is to provide an overview of mental health issues and counseling services on college campuses.

This brief provides an overview of student success software and summarizes findings from the nascent body of student outcomes research.

This report seeks to portray some of the difficulties that arise in conceptualizing remedial success rates & determining the effectiveness of developmental programs. Research on the effectiveness of the traditional approach is summarized, focusing on the effects of remedial assignment, enrollment, &

This brief provides a summary of research on policy & program reforms that may improve developmental education & the outcomes of underprepared students, including establishing appropriate program requirements, refining the student placement process, improving the quality of developmental curricula,

This brief examines key issues that confront institutional leaders in creating faculty policies conducive to student success, including employment status, faculty roles and reward systems, and faculty development.

This brief summarizes key findings from research on grant aid and work-study programs.

This research brief examines several pedagogies that are more effective than conventional approaches, including collaborative learning involving small groups of students, problem-based learning, service learning, mastery learning, and computer-based instruction.