We are excited to announce the publication of a special issue of the Peabody Journal of Education, now available online and in print, featuring a series of original research articles that examine strategies for improving lower-income student success at high-graduation-rate institutions. You can read about the American Talent Initiative grant program that funded this research here, and find short summaries of the articles here.

This special issue brings together a wide range of perspectives and methodologies, offering timely insights for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.

Below is the table of contents for the special edition:

Introduction

Strategies for Improving Lower-Income Student Success at High-Graduation Rate Postsecondary Institutions
James Dean Ward, Emily Schwartz, and Elizabeth Davidson Pisacreta

Articles

Exploring the Needs of Students from Low-Income Backgrounds Through First-Year Experience Practitioner Perspectives
Michael Sparrow, Christine Harrington, and Karen Irving

Understanding the Use of Basic Needs Services to Better Serve College Students
Katharine M. Broton and Solomon Fenton-Miller

Increasing the Enrollment and Success of Transfer Students from Community College to Private Selective 4-Year Colleges
Laura Nichols, William L. Garcia, Alexis Rivera, and Iliana Rodriguez

Using Design-Thinking to Create a First-Year Seminar Self-Assessment Tool to Support Students from Low-Income Backgrounds
Christine Harrington, Michael Sparrow, and Karen Irving

Improving First-year Outcomes for First-generation Students: Student and Staff Perspectives on the Role of Pre-college Summer Engagement Programs
Ifeatu Oliobi, Kristen Glasener, James Dean Ward, Elizabeth Davidson Pisacreta, Caroline Doglio, and Dillon Ruddell

Bucky’s Tuition Promise: The Effect of Tuition-Free Aid on Persistence, Completion, and Debt for Low-Income Students
Amberly B. Dziesinski

SEEK-Ing a Better Future: Supporting College Success for Economically and Educationally Disadvantaged Students
Isabel Polon, Alexandra Haralampoudis, and Theodore Joyce

***

We’re grateful to the authors whose work made this issue possible. We invite you to read and share the full issue, and we look forward to continuing the conversations sparked by this research.

Read the full special edition.