More Guidance, Better Results? Three-Year Effects of an Enhanced Student Services Program at Two Community Colleges
New York: MDRC, August 2009
169 Pages Posted: 29 Aug 2010
Date Written: August 1, 2009
Abstract
In this program, low-income students received enhanced student services and were eligible for a modest stipend for two semesters. The program improved academic outcomes in the second semester and registration in the semester after that, but these effects did not persist in subsequent semesters.
Keywords: evaluation, community college, student services
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