Browsing Programs Multimedia by Subject "Access, Persistence, and Success"
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A First Look at First-Generation Undergraduates at UW-Madison
(2008-03-04)The UW-Madison Office of Undergraduate Admissions has recently started collecting and recording the first-generation status of undergraduate applicants. This creates a new opportunity to learn more about a group of students ... -
How States and Institutions Shape Racial Dynamics in Higher Education
(2006-11-15)In the past decade, states and postsecondary institutions have implemented a variety of policy measures designed to create a university environment that encourages persistence of undergraduate minority students. The types ... -
Low-Income Student Access at UW-Madison and Beyond: Problems and Solutions
(2007-02-23)Levels of access and success in higher education depend on the policies pursued by colleges and universities and the characteristics of applicants, enrollees, and graduates. These often controversial issues are closely ... -
Marshalling Resources for Change: System-Level Initiatives to Increase Access and Success
(2008-06-13)Canada has a highly educated population, and its overall rates of participation in postsecondary education are among the highest in the world. The problem of accessibility in Canadian higher education lies not in the overall ... -
More Inclusion than Diversion: Expansion, Differentiation, and Market Structure in Higher Education
(2009-01-30)This presentation is part of the Ideas and Universities International Video Seminar Series and is made available on the UW-Madison campus thanks to funding and support from the UW-Madison Division of International Studies, ... -
Navigating the College Crunch: Need- Based Aid and the Future of Wisconsin Education and Employment
(2010)The Wisconsin Idea Forum is a biannual event sponsored by the University of Wisconsin System and hosted by system campuses. This is the second in the program series, which brings University of Wisconsin resources to bear ... -
Optimizing the Nation's Investment: Persistence and Success in Postsecondary Education
(2002-10-23)Within the context of the forthcoming re-authorization of the Higher Education Act, this conference will focus on how the nation's resources can be best used to optimize student persistence to degree completion. The ... -
Preserving the Mission in Hard Times: The Example of Admissions and Financial Aid Policies
(2010-04)Why does the achievement gap matter? What, if anything, should the government do about it? What should schools, and teachers, do about it? Students are critically examining these questions and more in Professor Harry ... -
Problems of Injustice in College Enrollment and Completion
(2010-04-12)Why does the achievement gap matter? What, if anything, should the government do about it? What should schools, and teachers, do about it? Students are critically examining these questions and more in Professor Harry ... -
Promising Examples from Outside Wisconsin
(2009-11-17)The fall 2009 forum, hosted by the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE) on the University of Wisconsin?Madison campus, will bring together policymakers, practitioners, students, scholars, ... -
Return to the Top: The Role of Increasing College Productivity in America's Quest for Global Leadership in Degree Attainment
(2010-04-20)As America's supply of skilled workers falls behind demand, the country is losing its long-held advantage over competing nations. Many leaders -- most notably President Obama -- have made it a national priority to return ... -
The Role of Network Social Capital in Promoting Freshman Success and Human Capital Investment
(2008-12-10)College and university leaders ask for tax and philanthropic support, arguing that their institutions promote economic progress through investment in human capital. Yet, despite Americans' pursuit of higher education in ... -
The Role of Pre-College Programs in Maximizing Access and Persistence
(2003-11-04)The third forum in our series on The Challenge of Access and Persistence focused on the role of pre-college programs, providing the opportunity for participants from both K-12 and postsecondary education perspectives to ... -
The Role of Social Capital in Human Investment: A Social Network Approach to College Success in the First Year
(2008-12-10)College and university leaders ask for tax and philanthropic support, arguing that their institutions promote economic progress through investment in human capital. Yet, despite Americans' pursuit of higher education in ... -
Simplifying the FAFSA through Tax Preparation
(2010-05-17)The fall 2009 forum, hosted by the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE) on the University of Wisconsin?Madison campus, will bring together policymakers, practitioners, students, scholars, ... -
Some Consequences of Differential Undergraduate Tuition Increases at UW-Madison
(2007-05-02)Annual percentage increases in UW-Madison tuition rates for in-state and out-of-state undergraduates have typically been almost identical. But beginning in 1999, increases for the two rates were significantly different ... -
State Need Grant: The major grant program for the state of Washington
(2009-11-17)The Wisconsin Idea Forum is a biannual event sponsored by the University of Wisconsin System and hosted by system campuses. This is the second in the program series, which brings University of Wisconsin resources to bear ... -
State Strategies for Promoting Access and Retention in Postsecondary Education
(2003-03-26)WISCAPE's second conference on access and retention will address issues concerning the roles of and connections among state-level stakeholders -- governors and legislators, public and private sector groups, and educational ... -
Supporting Student Veteran Success at Madison's Postsecondary Institutions
(2009-09-24)The recent adoption of the Post-9/11 GI Bill has made postsecondary education accessible to many veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. As a result, the program will bring thousands of veteran students to campuses ... -
The (Un)Productivity of American Colleges: From "Cost Disease" to Cost-Effectiveness
(2010-03-19)We show that the productivity of American colleges and universities in terms of degree production is plummeting. This is partly due to rising costs that economists typically attribute to Baumol's well known "cost disease," ...