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Evaluates the returns on the investment in Accelerated Study in Associate Programs by comparing the value of monetary benefits to taxpayers and students relative to the monetary costs that each constituency pays.

Examines early findings from a pilot program in New York City that offers cash assistance to needy families to reduce immediate hardship while also creating long-term opportunities.

This report presents findings from the implementation evaluation of the Military Spouse Career Advancement Account Demonstration, a joint initiative to support the spouses of military personnel pursuing postsecondary degrees or industry-recognized...

Interim findings from an implementation study of the Career Advancement Account (CAA) Demonstration Project, an effort to test a voucher-based, consumer-driven, self-guided approach to providing access to training for the U.S. workforce.

This report examines the role the state can play in instituting the career pathways framework, which can be a key strategy for linking low-income, low-skilled adults to education and training that leads to family supporting jobs.

Discusses a randomized control study of streamlined personal assistance in completing a college financial aid application provided to low and moderate income families with a dependent child at or near college age.

Examines 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation data to determine the characteristics of the working student-parent population and how these families combine education and training with work; then synthesizes findings and recommendations...

Proposes an Advance American Opportunity Tax Credit, which will allow students to receive a tax credit prior of filing a tax return, thereby making college more affordable.

Presents survey findings about economic progression in employment outcomes for youth ages 16 and older who participated in the Opportunity Passport™ matched-savings intervention program as they transitioned out of foster care since 2008; and...

Analyzes the extent to which state financial aid policies are accessible to nontraditional adult college students; and provides new, more equitable, approaches to state financial aid, and a model state aid policy that better addresses the needs of...