The American Talent Initiative’s Student Success Research Grant Program supported research studies aimed at deepening our understanding of the institutional practices and strategies that can improve student success at high-graduation-rate institutions. The findings will offer actionable recommendations for supporting lower-income students, while raising awareness of the challenges that they—and the institutions that serve them—continue to face. Full manuscripts will be published this summer in the Peabody Journal of Education. These short briefs aim to equip institutional leaders with key research insights, empowering them to implement strategies that foster meaningful, lasting change.
These research grants were made possible due to generous funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Explore the issue briefs:
- First-Year Seminar Self-Assessment Tool for Supporting Students from Low-Income Backgrounds, by Christine Harrington, Michael Sparrow, and Karen Irving
- From Community College to Selective Four-Year College: Experiences of Transfer Students, by Laura Nichols, William Garcia, Alexis Rivera, and Iliana Rodriguez
- How Does Tuition-Free Aid Support Low-Income Students at Selective Institutions? Understanding the Effects of Bucky’s Tuition Promise on Persistence, Completion, and Debt, by Amberly B. Dziesinski
- Improving First-Year Outcomes for First-Generation Students through Summer Engagement Programs, by Ifeatu Oliobi, Kristen Glasener, James Dean Ward, Elizabeth Davidson Pisacreta, Caroline Doglio, Dillon Ruddell
- SEEK-ing a Better Future: Supporting College Success for Economically and Educationally Disadvantaged Students, by Isabel Polon, Alex Haralampoudis, and Theodore Joyce
- Understanding the Use of Basic Needs Services to Better Serve College Students, by Katharine M. Broton and Solomon Fenton-Miller