Long-term effects of integrated student support: An evaluation of an elementary school intervention on postsecondary enrollment and completion

This study examines the effect of an Integrated Student Support (ISS) intervention on postsecondary enrollment and completion for predominantly low-income students of color. We use propensity score weighting to estimate the effect of receiving ISS during elementary school on postsecondary outcomes for 2009-2017 high school graduates from a high-poverty urban district. Students who received ISS have higher probabilities of enrolling in and completing postsecondary education, and higher probabilities of enrolling in and graduating from four-year (versus two-year) institutions, than the comparison group. Together, results suggest ISS as an effective intervention to reduce barriers to postsecondary education and, thereby, to potentially reduce income- and race-based disparities in postsecondary outcomes.

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Improving College Access at Low-Income High Schools? The Impact of GEAR UP Iowa on Postsecondary Enrollment and Persistence

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis ◽

10.3102/0162373718778133 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 40 (3) ◽

pp. 399-419 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Nicholas A. Bowman ◽

Sanga Kim ◽

Laura Ingleby ◽

David C. Ford ◽

Christina Sibaouih

Keyword(s):

College Access ◽

Low Income ◽

College Enrollment ◽

High School Graduates ◽

Gear Up ◽

Postsecondary Enrollment ◽

Education Status ◽

K 12 ◽

Undergraduate Programs ◽

The Impact

GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) is a federal program designed to promote college access and success for students from low-income backgrounds. Although some literature has examined K–12 outcomes, little research has explored the extent to which GEAR UP achieves its intended postsecondary objectives. The present study used a difference-in-differences design with a sample of 17,605 students to explore the impact of GEAR UP Iowa on college enrollment and persistence. The findings indicate that GEAR UP Iowa promotes the college enrollment of high school graduates by 3 to 4 percentage points, whereas it appears to have no effect on college persistence. Results are similar regardless of students’ socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, sex, and K–12 special education status.

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Impact of a Low-Cost Postsecondary Enrollment Intervention: Evidence from Louisiana

Education Finance and Policy ◽

10.1162/edfp_a_00335 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-42

Author(s):

Swarup Joshi ◽

Stephen Barnes

Keyword(s):

Postsecondary Education ◽

Low Income ◽

Low Cost ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Application Process ◽

Assistance Program ◽

External Application ◽

Postsecondary Enrollment ◽

College Application ◽

Whole School

While it is well understood that postsecondary education increases lifetime earnings, the complexity of the college application process creates a barrier to postsecondary enrollment. This paper investigates a whole-school external application assistance program run by a nonprofit student support services organization, Career Compass of Louisiana. We employ panel data of Louisiana high schools in a difference-in-differences framework and find that exposure to Career Compass increases postsecondary enrollment by 3.9 percentage points. Moreover, the effect of exposure is larger in school districts with a majority of black students as well as districts with a majority of low-income students. By providing services to all schools within a district the program is able to achieve low costs relative to similar programs, and effects that are in line with many more expensive programs suggest that scaling this model to new areas could provide a cost-effective approach to increasing postsecondary enrollment among high school graduates.

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College Attendance among Low-Income Youth: Explaining Differences across Wisconsin High Schools

Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal ◽

10.26529/cepsj.1047 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Christian Michael Smith ◽

Noah Hirschl

Keyword(s):

Secondary Schools ◽

Postsecondary Education ◽

Low Income ◽

Population Level ◽

The United States ◽

College Attendance ◽

Low Income Students ◽

Postsecondary Outcomes ◽

Level Data ◽

Dense Set

Bolstering low-income students’ postsecondary participation is important to remediate these students’ disadvantages and to improve society’s overall level of education. Recent research has demonstrated that secondary schools vary considerably in their tendencies to send students to postsecondary education, but existing research has not systematically identified the school characteristics that explain this variation. Identifying these characteristics can help improve low-income students’ postsecondary outcomes. We identify relevant characteristics using population-level data from Wisconsin, a mid-size state in the United States. We first show that Wisconsin’s income-based disparities in postsecondary participation are wide, even net of academic achievement. Next, we show that several geographic characteristics of schools help explain between-secondary school variation in low-income students’ postsecondary outcomes. Finally, we test whether a dense set of school organisational features explain any remaining variation. We find that these features explain virtually no variation in secondary schools’ tendencies to send low-income students to postsecondary education.

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Relationship of Scabies With Pioderma: As a Risk Factor

SRIWIJAYA JOURNAL OF MEDICINE ◽

10.32539/sjm.v1i1.6 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 33-42

Author(s):

Yulia Farida Yahya ◽

Fifa Argentina ◽

Rusmawardiana Rusmawardiana

Keyword(s):

Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Elementary School ◽

Risk Factor ◽

Low Income ◽

Primary Schools ◽

Pediatric Patients ◽

Group A Streptococcus ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Government ◽

Scabies Infestation

Scabies is a parasitic infestation of the skin, that is affecting on the low income and crowded community in many tropical countries, especially developing countries such as Indonesia. Scabies infestation increases the incidence of secondary pyoderma include impetigo, folliculitis, cellulitis, ecthyma, abscess. Secondary pyoderma is a skin infection disease mainly caused by group A Streptococcus (GAS) and Staphylococcus aureus (SA). Pyoderma is a risk factor for the glomerulonephritis infection, rheumatic diseases, which significantly increases morbidity and mortality, causing the government burden. The aim of this study is determining the etiology and correlation of pyoderma infection in scabies patient. To determine sosio-demographic included sex, age in pediatric patients in primary schools (SD) in the district of Kertapati Palembang. The study design was cross sectional, and study samples were new scabies patients in the elementary school (age 6-14-year-old) with or without pyoderma. Clinical findings included history, physical examination and diagnostic procedure, which was investigation of skin scraping specimen material (SSB = skin surface biopsy) in confirmation with dermoscopic polar examination (DS) to show Sarcoptes scabiei mites. Microbiological examination with Gram stain identified the etiology of pyoderma. Results of this study shows that there was a significance relationship between scabies infestation and pyoderma in children in elementary school. Staphylococcus aureus dan GAS are the most common caused of pyoderma in pediatric patients with scabies. Conclusion is there is a significant correlation between scabies and pyoderma. There is a need to provide scabies and pyoderma medication at primary care health center as well as counseling for prevention in Palembang area with crowded population periodically.

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School Counselor Perceptions of Preparation and Importance of College and Career Readiness Counseling

Professional School Counseling ◽

10.1177/2156759x21998391 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 2156759X2199839

Author(s):

Alexandra Novakovic ◽

Eva N. Patrikakou ◽

Melissa S. Ockerman

Keyword(s):

School Counselors ◽

Low Income ◽

School Counselor ◽

Career Readiness ◽

College And Career Readiness ◽

Training School ◽

Urban District ◽

College And Career ◽

Counselor Perceptions ◽

School Counselor Perceptions

This study addresses school counselors’ perceptions of the importance of college and career readiness counseling and their preparedness to implement aspects of such counseling with students and families. Results from surveying school counselors in a large urban district serving a diverse, low-income student population indicated that school counselors did not believe they were well prepared to provide many aspects of college and career readiness counseling, although they perceived that each area was important to their work with students and families. We discuss implications for training school counselors in college and career readiness counseling.

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