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Accelerated Learning Options: Moving the Needle on Access and Success

Date Published
June 2006

Full Author Citation
Anderson, A.B., Blanco, C.D., Farkas, S., Immerwahr, J., Michelau, D.K., Palaich, R., Prescott, B.T., Sathre, C.O., Silverstein, J.S. with Myers, J.L.

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277 WICHE 2006.pdf (.pdf 2.18 MB)

Source
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education

Description

There is a need for understanding if promising practices that appear to work for the general student population are effective in increasing access and success in postsecondary education for low-income and underrepresented students. This report addresses accelerated learning options and how they might improve rates of college enrollment, persistence, and graduation for underserved students. However, there is a need to improve data collection and data reporting systems across states to understand how underserved students would benefit from accelerated learning programs. Among the recommendations in this report is a call for policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and external funding groups to improve collaboration and evidence-based research to begin efforts to improve student outcomes through accelerated learning options.


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Connection Entry

Topic
Accelerated Coursework & Developmental Education Dual Enrollment & Dual Credit Programs Institutional Policies and Practices Student Data Systems & Predictors of Success

Resource Type
Report

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