
Education and Literacy;Race and Ethnicity
Based on October 2010 Current Population Survey data, analyzes college enrollment among 18- to 24-year-olds by race/ethnicity. Explores factors behind dramatic increases in Latino/Hispanic students and record percentages of African Americans enrolled.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States

Consumer Protection, Education and Literacy
Examines partnerships between colleges and financial firms on campus ID, prepaid, debit, and financial aid disbursement cards and questions about fees, aggressive marketing strategies, and consumer protection. Lists best practices and recommendations.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States

Examines policy, information, and cultural barriers that minimize the "demand pull" for educational innovation. Calls for encouraging early adopters, bolstering smart adoption, providing better information, and rewarding productivity improvements.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States

Education and Literacy, Health
Outlines strategies for realizing calls for competency-based curricula; seamless educational progression; more funding for accelerated programs, educational capacity building, and student diversity; and stronger employer incentives.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States

Children and Youth, Education and Literacy, Employment and Labor
Evaluates the effectiveness of a quasi-military residential and mentoring program that aims to place high school dropouts in employment, education, or military service and improve outcomes including indicators of health, lifestyle, and delinquency.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States

Evaluates how effectively small academically nonselective high schools that replaced large failing ones achieved sustained improvement in academic progress and graduation rates across variations in prior proficiency, family income, and demographics.
August 1970
Geographic Focus:

Ranks elementary, middle, and high schools -- including public, charter, and private schools -- in the Detroit area by neighborhood, based on reading and math test scores averaged over a three-year period.
August 1970
Geographic Focus:

Education and Literacy;Nonprofits and Philanthropy
Analyzes growth in income inequality and the "income achievement gap" in test scores of children in high- and low-income families over fifty years. Examines parents' education and investment in cognitive development as factors in children's achievement.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States