Most Recent Publications

Financial Aid, Access & Equity, and State Policy (February 2012)
Many states are looking at effective ways to use financial incentives to encourage students to complete a postsecondary credential. JFF’s new report, Stat... read more
On the Road to Success (February 2012)
National discussions about education reform are replete with calls for more transparency, stronger accountability, improved outcomes, and a more efficient use o... read more
Statewide Aid Policies to Improve College Access and Success (February 2012)
Through its Vision Project, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts has established a goal to produce ... read more
State Policy Profiles for Completion by Design (January 2012)
These Completion by Design state policy profiles outline each grantee state's engagement in the completion agenda, recent policy changes relevant to the complet... read more
Pathway to Recovery: Implementing a Back on Track Through College Model (January 2012)
Pathways to Recovery lays out how the Back on Track Through College model, drawing on the best work in the field, can not only help recover and advance thousa... read more
Aligning Community Colleges to Their Local Labor Markets (November 2011)
The U.S. economy will emerge from the Great Recession radically transformed from what it was a generation ago. Changes are afoot affecting which occupations and... read more
Dropout Recovery is National Recovery: How Federal Policies Can Support the Spread of Back on Track Through College Pathways (November 2011)
Even in the early days of the recession, over six million young adults were both out of school and lacked a high school diploma, according to the Center for Lab... read more
College and Career Ready Graduation: Strengthening the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (November 2011)
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act was enacted in 1965 with the goal of providing federal resources to states and districts for compensatory services th... read more
From Remediation to Acceleration: Early Lessons from Two Philadelphia Back on Track Schools (October 2011)
Dropout recovery schools and programs today face the challenge of preparing students to not only complete high school but also succeed in postsecondary educatio... read more
Innovation at Scale: How Virginia Community Colleges Are Collaborating to Improve Developmental Education and Increase Student Success (October 2011)
Our nation can only meet its ambitious college completion goals if students who start in developmental education succeed. Virginia—like nearly every ... read more