Publication Library
| Publication | Project | Description |
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The Financial Aid Challenge: Successful Practices that Address the Underutilization of Financial Aid in Community Colleges(pdf, 1.22 MB) Published May 2010 |
Community College Transfer & Retention |
Report. Highlights successful practices that help community college students take greater advantage of financial aid. Developed in collaboration with the American Association of Community Colleges. |
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(pdf, 4.42 MB) Published May 2010 |
Teacher Advocacy |
Report. Tells the stories of nine teachers, each using technology to enhance student learning and writing across diverse subject and content areas. |
Who Borrows Most? Bachelor's Degree Recipients with High Levels of Student Debt(pdf, 898.48 KB) Published Apr 2010 |
Trends in Higher Education |
Policy brief. Focuses on the 17 percent of 2007-08 bachelor’s degree recipients who graduated with more than $30,500 in education debt. The data in this report describe the prevalence of high debt levels among bachelor’s degree recipients by sector, race/ethnicity, dependency status and income. |
NOSCA'S Eight Components of College and Career Readiness Counseling(pdf, 1.5 MB) Published Apr 2010 |
National Office for School Counselor Advocacy (NOSCA) |
Booklet. Provides information on eight elements necessary to help all students, especially those from low-income backgrounds and historically underrepresented groups, prepare for and succeed in college. |
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(pdf, 255.69 KB) Published Apr 2010 |
National Office for School Counselor Advocacy (NOSCA) |
Tool. A quick reference for school counselors to use in planning a comprehensive counseling program and making the case for the importance and value of counseling programs to principals and other administrators. |
The College Board Advocacy & Policy Center 2010 Brochure(pdf, 1.71 MB) Published Apr 2010 |
Brochure. An introduction to the College Board Advocacy & Policy Center |
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The CollegeKeys Compact Catalog of Effective Practices 2010(pdf, 397.6 KB) Published Jan 2010 |
The CollegeKeys Compact™ |
Compendium. 2010 catalog of practices and programs implemented by CollegeKeys Compact members to expand options for students from low-income backgrounds. Includes winning programs from the 2010 Innovation Awards. |
The Educational Crisis Facing Young Men of Color(pdf, 4.61 MB) Published Jan 2010 |
The Educational Crisis Facing Young Men of Color |
Report. Based on “Dialogue Days” among community leaders of four minority groups, this report explores the challenges facing young men of color in secondary and postsecondary education and identifies promising programs that accelerate achievement for this underserved group. |
Summary of the Educational Crisis Facing Young Men of Color(pdf, 1.39 MB) Published Jan 2010 |
The Educational Crisis Facing Young Men of Color |
Executive Summary. A one-page summary of the report findings and recommendations |
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(pdf, 2.58 MB) Published Dec 2009 |
Access & Diversity Collaborative |
Toolkit. A practical guide for officials responsible for the development and implementation of student-related access and diversity polices designed with ten tools to help facilitate constructive, campus-based dialogues and policy discussions. |
Arts at the Core Brochure(pdf, 2.81 MB) Published Oct 2009 |
Arts at the Core |
Brochure. Provides an introduction to the voices and ideas that make up the National Task Force on the Arts in Education (NTFAE). Learn more about the importance of the arts in education through these essays from leading thinkers and policymakers in arts education. |
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(pdf, 901.72 KB) Published Oct 2009 |
National Office for School Counselor Advocacy (NOSCA) |
Summary. Provides an overview of the work of the College Board's National Office for School Counselor Advocacy |
Summary of Teachers Are the Center of Education(pdf, 2.63 MB) Published Oct 2009 |
Teacher Advocacy |
Executive Summary. A one-page summary of the report that profiles eight teachers from across the country. |
Arts at the Core: Summary of Recommendations(pdf, 517.86 KB) Published Oct 2009 |
Arts at the Core |
Summary of recommendations from the National Task Force on the Arts in Education (NTFAE) |
Recommendations for Advancing the State of Arts Education in the 21st Century(pdf, 2.39 MB) Published Oct 2009 |
Arts at the Core |
Report. The report from the National Task Force on the Arts in Education (NTFAE) confronts challenges to the state of the arts in education, identifies the many benefits of arts learning, and details eight key recommendations for advancing the place of the arts in American education. |
Paying for College: Students from Middle-Income Backgrounds(pdf, 1.14 MB) Published Oct 2009 |
Trends in Higher Education |
Brief. Information on paying for college for students from middle-income backgrounds |
Trends in Community College Prices and Student Aid(pdf, 1.06 MB) Published Oct 2009 |
Trends in Higher Education |
Brief. Summarizes trends in community college prices and provides information about average student aid and debt levels. |
Teachers Are the Center of Education: Profiles of Eight Teachers(pdf, 1.55 MB) Published Oct 2009 |
Teacher Advocacy |
Report. Tells the stories of a day in the life of eight classroom teachers, each representing different subjects and different kinds of schools in various regions of the country. |
Trends in College Pricing 2009(pdf, 1.87 MB) Published Oct 2009 |
Trends in Higher Education |
Report. Provides up-to-date information on undergraduate tuition and fees, room and board, and other expenses. It also includes information on revenues and expenditures of colleges and universities, as well as related topics. |
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(pdf, 1.66 MB) Published Oct 2009 |
Access & Diversity Collaborative |
Policy brief. Summarizes major policy, legal, and educational trends that college and university leaders should be aware of as they shape their institutional access and diversity policies. In collaboration with ACE. |
Trends in Student Aid 2009(pdf, 1.68 MB) Published Oct 2009 |
Trends in Higher Education |
Report. Provides annual data on grants, loans, work-study and education tax benefits available to assist students and families in paying for college. |
Rethinking Student Aid Project Summary(pdf, 796.28 KB) Published Oct 2009 |
Rethinking Student Aid |
Summary. Provides a summary of the principles underlying the study group's recommendations and current work on this initiative. |
Access & Diversity Collaborative – 2009-2010 Project Overview(pdf, 867.01 KB) Published Oct 2009 |
Access & Diversity Collaborative |
Summary. An overview of the activities of the Access & Diversity Collaborative for 2009-2010. |
How Much Are College Students Borrowing?(pdf, 220.91 KB) Published Aug 2009 |
Trends in Higher Education |
Policy Brief. Analyzes data about patterns of student debt from the U.S. Department of Education's National Postsecondary Student Aid Study. |
A Closer Look at the Principal-Counselor Relationship: A Survey of Principals and Counselors(pdf, 1.52 MB) Published May 2009 |
National Office for School Counselor Advocacy (NOSCA) |
Report. Provides the results of a national survey of more than 2,300 principals and counselors and explores their perceptions about this important relationship |
Finding a Way: Practical Examples of How an Effective Principal-Counselor Relationship Can Lead to Success for All Students(pdf, 3.2 MB) Published May 2009 |
National Office for School Counselor Advocacy (NOSCA) |
Report. Based on interviews of seven effective principal-counselor teams. Includes profiles of principal-counselor teams who have formed strong partnerships to overcome challenges to prepare students for college success. |
Vidas jóvenes en espera: Los sueños universitarios de estudiantes indocumentados(pdf, 1.41 MB) Published Apr 2009 |
Undocumented Students and the DREAM Act |
Report. Spanish translation of Young Lives on Hold: The College Dreams of Undocumented Students |
Resumen de Vidas jóvenes en espera: Los sueños universitarios de estudiantes indocumentados(pdf, 743.88 KB) Published Apr 2009 |
Undocumented Students and the DREAM Act |
Summary. Spanish version of the one-page summary for Young Lives on Hold: The College Dreams of Undocumented Students |
Summary of Young Lives on Hold: The College Dreams of Undocumented Students(pdf, 290.58 KB) Published Apr 2009 |
Undocumented Students and the DREAM Act |
Summary. A one-page summary of the report findings and recommendations. |
Young Lives on Hold: The College Dreams of Undocumented Students(pdf, 1.74 MB) Published Apr 2009 |
Undocumented Students and the DREAM Act |
Policy paper. Calls for a humane and comprehensive resolution to the legal and financial barriers that hinder undocumented students from accessing higher education. Promotes the DREAM Act as a bipartisan policy solution. |
How Colleges Organize Themselves to Increase Student Persistence: Four-Year Institutions(pdf, 1.7 MB) Published Apr 2009 |
Report. Describes the many campus policies and practices that institutions use to increase student retention, providing a rich set of considerations and implications for campus policymakers. |
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Coming to Our Senses: Education and the American Future(pdf, 2.96 MB) Published Dec 2008 |
Access, Admissions & Success – Education and the American Future |
Report. The final report of the Commission on Access, Admissions and Success in Higher Education, which sets an ambitious goal for increasing the number of college graduates by 2025 and provides action-oriented recommendations to advance this agenda. |
Summary of Coming to Our Senses: Education and the American Future(pdf, 1.25 MB) Published Dec 2008 |
Access, Admissions & Success – Education and the American Future |
Executive Summary. A concise presentation of the recommendations of the Commission on Access, Admissions and Success in Higher Education. |
Inspiration & Innovation: Ten Effective Counseling Practices from the College Board's Inspiration Award Schools(PDF, 4.79 MB) Published Nov 2008 |
National Office for School Counselor Advocacy (NOSCA) |
Report. Research identifying effective counselor practices in Inspiration Award Schools |
Preserving the Dream of America: An Open Letter to Professionals in Admissions, Financial Aid and Counseling(pdf, 1.45 MB) Published Nov 2008 |
Admissions in the 21st Century |
Report. The final report of the Task Force on Admissions in the 21st Century, with a declaration of values to guide admissions, financial aid, and school counseling professionals, and action commitments to advance those values. |
Summary of Preserving the Dream of America: An Open Letter to Professionals in Admissions, Financial Aid and Counseling(pdf, 4.77 MB) Published Nov 2008 |
Admissions in the 21st Century |
Summary. A concise presentation of the principles and action commitments from the Task Force on Admissions in the 21st Century. |
Summary of Principles and Recommendations for Reforming Federal Student Aid(pdf, 597.11 KB) Published Sep 2008 |
Rethinking Student Aid |
Executive Summary. A summary of the recommendations of the Rethinking Student Aid study group. |
Fulfilling the Commitment: Recommendations for Reforming Federal Student Aid(pdf, 1.14 MB) Published Sep 2008 |
Rethinking Student Aid |
Report. The final report of the Rethinking Student Aid study group, which provides a comprehensive set of recommendations for policy reform to restructure and simplify the federal student aid system to increase access to and success in higher education. This publication also includes estimates of implementation costs. |
Fulfilling the Commitment: Recommendations for Reforming Federal Student Aid in Brief(pdf, 503.11 KB) Published Sep 2008 |
Rethinking Student Aid |
Policy Brief. Presents in concise form the recommendations of the Rethinking Student Aid study group. |
The Effectiveness of Student Aid Policies: What the Research Tells Us(pdf, 2.29 MB) Published Sep 2008 |
Rethinking Student Aid |
Report. Background research and analysis that informed the report from the Rethinking Student Aid study group. |
Race-Neutral Policies in Higher Education: From Theory to Action(pdf, 200.12 KB) Published Jun 2008 |
Access & Diversity Collaborative |
Report. Intended to help institutions in their efforts to lawfully achieve the educational benefits of diversity on their campuses through the use of a combination of objectively measurable race-neutral practices. |
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders—Facts, Not Fiction: Setting the Record Straight(pdf, 996.17 KB) Published Jun 2008 |
The Educational Crisis Facing Young Men of Color |
Report. Study from the National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education encourages realistic and actionable discussions about how societal distinctions of race, class, ethnicity, language, and other cultural factors are constituted in the day-to-day operations of American schools. |
Presentation: Winning the Skills Race and Strengthening America's Middle Class(pptx, 178.2 KB) Published Jan 2008 |
Community College Transfer & Retention |
Presentation. PowerPoint presentation of the recommendations from Winning the Skills Race. |
Summary of Winning the Skills Race and Strengthening America's Middle Class(pdf, 490.32 KB) Published Jan 2008 |
Community College Transfer & Retention |
Executive summary. Summary of the report from the National Commission on Community Colleges. |
Winning the Skills Race and Strengthening America's Middle Class: An Action Agenda For Community Colleges(pdf, 1.67 MB) Published Jan 2008 |
Community College Transfer & Retention |
Report. The National Commission on Community Colleges calls for a new three-way agreement between national leaders, state officials, and community colleges to put community colleges at the forefront of the effort to enhance American communities and ensure national competitiveness. |
Resources for Increasing Latino Participation and Success in Higher Education(pdf, 2.09 MB) Published Jan 2008 |
The Educational Crisis Facing Young Men of Color |
Sourcebook. A compilation of examples of successful strategies for Latino students that have been implemented at colleges and universities across the United States. |
The CollegeKeys Compact: An Open Letter to the Leaders of American Education(pdf, 747.64 KB) Published Oct 2007 |
The CollegeKeys Compact™ |
Report. A call to action to make college access and success a reality for all students, including those from low-income backgrounds and first-generation college students. |
Not Black and White: Making Sense of the United States Supreme Court Decisions Regarding Race-Conscious Student Assignment Plans(pdf, 3.85 MB) Published Sep 2007 |
Access & Diversity Collaborative |
Policy paper. Provides practical guidance for public school districts stemming from U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Parents Involved in Community Schools V. Seattle School District No. 1 and Meredith V. Jefferson County Board of Education. Joint publication of the National School Boards Association and the College Board. |
Echoes of Bakke: A Fractured Supreme Court Invalidates Two Race-Conscious K-12 Student Assignment Plans But Affirms the Compelling Interest in the Educational Benefits of Diversity(pdf, 185.82 KB) Published Jul 2007 |
Access & Diversity Collaborative |
Policy paper. Provides initial analysis of implications for postsecondary education in the Supreme Court's student assignment decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools V. Seattle School District No. 1 |
Latino Education: A Synthesis of Recurring Recommendations and Solutions in P-16 Education(pdf, 499.44 KB) Published Jun 2007 |
The Educational Crisis Facing Young Men of Color |
Report. Provides a summary of key action-oriented practices that successfully increase educational opportunities and success for Latinos. |
Education Pays 2007(pdf, 556.26 KB) Published May 2007 |
Trends in Higher Education |
Report. Presents detailed evidence of both private and public benefits of higher education. It also sheds light on the distribution of these benefits by examining disparities in postsecondary participation among different demographic groups. |
From Federal Law to State Voter Initiatives: Preserving Higher Education's Authority to Achieve the Educational, Economic, Civic, and Security Benefits Associated with a Diverse Student Body(pdf, 560.37 KB) Published Mar 2007 |
Access & Diversity Collaborative |
Policy paper. Addresses questions regarding the future of race-conscious enrollment practices in higher education, and gives recommendations for action. |
Teachers and the Uncertain American Future(pdf, 927.58 KB) Published Jul 2006 |
Teacher Advocacy |
Report. Addresses the country's impending teacher crisis and provides recommendations for supporting the profession and improving recruitment and retention. |
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Latinos and Higher Education: Snapshots from the Academic Literature (pdf, 122.64 KB) Published Jun 2006 |
The Educational Crisis Facing Young Men of Color |
Research review. Summarizes key findings from more than 50 reports and other documents on topics such as educational context, high school preparation, college costs and financial aid, college pathways and the role of community colleges, and postsecondary institutional climate for Latino students. |
Admissions and Diversity After Michigan: The Next Generation of Legal and Policy Issues(pdf, 712.88 KB) Published Jan 2006 |
Access & Diversity Collaborative |
Report. A practical tool for higher education leaders that helps guide institutional decisions regarding diversity and the use of race and ethnicity in the admissions selection process. |
Federal Law and Financial Aid: A Framework for Evaluating Diversity-Related Programs(pdf, 3.55 MB) Published Jan 2005 |
Access & Diversity Collaborative |
Policy manual. Provides a framework to help structure and inform institution-specific reviews of race- and ethnicity-conscious financial aid and scholarship policies. |
Federal Law and Recruitment, Outreach, and Retention: A Framework for Evaluating Diversity-Related Programs(pdf, 1018.37 KB) Published Jan 2005 |
Access & Diversity Collaborative |
Policy manual. Provides a tool to help college and university leaders understand how to structure their recruitment, outreach, and retention programs in a manner that best achieves their diversity-related goals and minimizes legal risk. |
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