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Education and Literacy;Employment and Labor
An examination of how Philadelphia can grow its supply of college-educated workers to compete in the 21st century by implementing innovative approaches to help residents with some college education to complete their degrees.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Northeastern) / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia County / Philadelphia
Education and Literacy;Employment and Labor
An examination of how Philadelphia can grow its supply of college-educated workers to compete in the 21st century by implementing innovative approaches to help residents with some college education to complete their degrees.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Northeastern) / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia County / Philadelphia
Education and Literacy;Employment and Labor
An examination of how Philadelphia can grow its supply of college-educated workers to compete in the 21st century by implementing innovative approaches to help residents with some college education to complete their degrees.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Northeastern) / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia County / Philadelphia
Computers and Technology, Education and Literacy
This paper seeks to provide an overview of the problem posed by the incorporation of materials protected by all-rights-reserved copyright, or that are not legally compatible with the copyright terms of materials offered to users, into otherwise open educational resources. This paper also describes a number of approaches to resolving this issue, including the reliance on jurisdictional copyright exceptions and limitations, and explores the trade-offs involved in adopting any one of these approaches. This paper also suggests areas for further empirical research into these issues.
August 1970
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Children and Youth, Education and Literacy
This testimony, presented on March 18, 2009 to the Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, discusses the importance of Head Start/Early Head Start programs that support our most vulnerable infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their families.
August 1970
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Education and Literacy
In a program at Lorain County Community College and Owens Community College in Ohio, low-income students received enhanced counseling and advising services and were eligible to receive a modest stipend for two semesters. The program improved academic outcomes during the second semester and continued to have a positive effect on registration rates in the semester that followed, but it did not have any meaningful effects on academic outcomes in subsequent semesters.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Midwestern) / Ohio
Education and Literacy
In a program at Lorain County Community College and Owens Community College in Ohio, low-income students received enhanced counseling and advising services and were eligible to receive a modest stipend for two semesters. The program improved academic outcomes during the second semester and continued to have a positive effect on registration rates in the semester that followed, but it did not have any meaningful effects on academic outcomes in subsequent semesters.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Midwestern) / Ohio
Education and Literacy
The Student Support Partnership Integrating Resources and Education (SSPIRE) initiative aimed to increase the success of young, low-income, and academically underprepared California community college students by helping colleges strengthen their support services and better integrate these services with academic instruction. This report describes what the nine participating community colleges did to meet the goals of SSPIRE and offers lessons for other institutions drawn from MDRC's research on the initiative.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California
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