Publications

Following is a list of all Education Trust publications arranged from newest to oldest.

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Subprime Opportunity: The Unfulfilled Promise of For-Profit Colleges and Universities*

Three years after the U.S. housing market collapse, our country continues to suffer the effects of misplaced priorities and weak regulation of subprime mortgage lenders. Meanwhile, as Ed Trust’s report “Subprime Opportunity” warns, the most vulnerable Americans are being targeted by yet another set of corporations peddling access to the American dream but delivering little more than crippling debt. This time, it’s underregulated for-profit colleges.

Publication date: 
November 22 2010
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Not Prepared for Class: High Poverty Schools Continue to Have Fewer In-Field Teachers

Nearly a decade after federal law was enacted to ensure that low-income students and students of color had a fair shot at being assigned to strong teachers, students in high-poverty schools are still disproportionately taught by out-of-field and rookie teachers.

Publication date: 
November 18 2010
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Big Gaps Small Gaps in Serving Hispanic Students

Some Colleges and Universities Do Better Than Others in Graduating Hispanic Students

Publication date: 
August 9 2010

Big Gaps Small Gaps in Serving African-American Students

 

Some Colleges and Universities Do Better Than Others in Graduating African-American Students

We’ve been digging beneath the averages and looking at data from individual institutions in our College Results Online database. We’ve found that some institutions have horrendous graduation-rate gaps between white and black students—well above the national average. And it turns out that other institutions have no gaps at all. Our analysis strongly suggests that what colleges do with and for the students they admit matters a great deal.

Publication date: 
August 9 2010
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Advancing by Degrees*

“Advancing by Degrees” is designed to help college officials monitor and improve graduation rates by providing a framework of on-track indicators that reveal patterns among groups of students—including those who are struggling and need help to graduate. These data, in turn, can help drive changes in policies and practices that can boost the number of college graduates. The Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy produced the report in conjunction with Ed Trust.

Publication date: 
May 6 2010
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Close the Hidden Funding Gaps in Our Schools

“Close the Hidden Funding Gaps in Our Schools” shines a light on widespread and unjust district budgeting practices and offers Congress a straightforward legislative path: Fix the so-called comparability provisions of Title I.

Publication date: 
April 1 2010
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Stuck Schools

Schools often lumped together as “low performing” are not all alike. Some low-performing schools remain “stuck” year after year, while others that started as low performers are among the fastest improvers in their states. Tracking proficiency rates and improvement over time can help policymakers focus scarce resources on the neediest schools.

Publication date: 
March 1 2010
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College Results Online Brief: Top Gap Closers*

Some public four-year colleges and universities have made good progress in closing graduation-rate gaps.

(Corrected version posted February 16, 2010.)

Publication date: 
January 28 2010
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College Results Online Brief: Top Gainers*

Some public four-year colleges and universities make big improvements in minority graduation rates.

(Corrected version posted February 16, 2010.)

Publication date: 
January 28 2010
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Opportunity Adrift: Our Flagship Universities Are Straying From Their Public Mission*

Public flagship and research universities spend millions of dollars every year to aid wealthy students who don't need it, while providing inadequate support to low-income and minority students who do. Some flagships are stepping up to the challenge and focusing on access and success. An account of their performance and progress appears at the end of this report.

Publication date: 
January 13 2010
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