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This brief begins with a closer look at the defining attributes and prevalence of CSAs across the nation. Then it discusses CSAs potential effects on the education pipeline (early childhood, school years, college years, and post-college years).

This brief summarizes the results of two working papers that addressed the problem of using raw graduation rates and degrees produced per expenditure as indicators of effectiveness and efficiency.

This research brief examines the nature, prevalence, and corollaries of the match between education and work among bachelor’s degree recipients.

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, &

“Tuning” is a process through which faculty members create shared understandings of the knowledge and transferable skills students in specific academic disciplines and professional fields must demonstrate upon completion of their degrees.

This brief elaborates three social-psychological factors that influence student success during college: goal commitment, academic engagement, and social identification.

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.

This summarizes the key deliverables of faculty teams (marketing & psychology from 2 & 4 yr. public and nonprofit private institutions in IL, IN, MO)-the competencies and learning outcomes that result from study in the respective disciplines at the associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degree levels.

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

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

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

This working paper informs the selection of peer states for performance benchmarking by estimating the degree of similarity among states along three dimensions: population characteristics, capital advantage, and market conditions.

This study proposes an alternative efficiency indicator, wherein a common regression method is used to estimate whether educational expenditures are lower or higher than expected, given the institution’s degree production profile, faculty attributes, and differences in the cost of living.