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Colorado Success UNlimited
College Transition Research
The following resources reflect the various efforts of educators, professional development providers, policy
National College Transition Network
www.collegetransition.org
Beyond Basic Skills: State Strategies to Connect Low-Skilled Students to an Employer-Valued Post Secondary Education
www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Beyond-Basic-Skills-March-2011.pdf
Policies and Programs to Assist High School Dropouts in the Transition to Adulthood
MDRC
www.princeton.edu/futureofchildren/publications/docs/20_01_05.pdf
Young Adults and Higher Education: Barriers and Breakthroughs to Success
MDRC
www.princeton.edu/futureofchildren/publications/docs/20_01_06.pdf
Breaking Through: Helping Low-Skilled Adults Enter and Succeed in College and Careers
Jobs for the Future, National Council for Workforce Education
www.jff.org/sites/default/files/BreakingThrough.pdf
Breaking Through Initiative
Community College of Denver – Breaking Through Outcomes Report
www.ccd.edu/assets/CCD_BT_report_9%2017%2009.pdf
Shifting Gears Initiative
The Joyce Foundation
www.shifting-gears.org
The Clear Connections Project – Policy Brief
Building Illinois’ Workforce of the Future: Recommendations for a Student Support System That Works
www.womenemployed.org/fileadmin/templates/docs/CCP_Policy_Brief.pdf
Creating Post-Secondary Pathways to Good Jobs for Young High School Dropouts
Center for American Progress
www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/0438.pdf
Contextualized Teaching and Learning – A Promising Approach for Basic Skills Instruction
The RP Group – Center for Student Success
rpgroup.org/documents/CTLBrief.pdf
Can Improved Student Services Boost Community College Student Success?
MDRC
www.mdrc.org/area_issue_38.html
Scaling Up Learning Communities: The Experience of Six Community Colleges
National Center for Post-Secondary Research and MDRC
www.mdrc.org/publications/550/overview.html
The Tipping Point
Building Pathways to Success for Low-Skill Adult Students: Lessons for Community College Policy and Practice from a Longitudinal Student Tracking Study
Washington State Board for Community and Technical College
www.sbctc.edu/docs/data/research_reports/resh_06-2_tipping_point.pdf
I-BEST: A Program Integrating Adult Basic Education and Workforce Training
Washington State Board for Community and Technical College
www.sbctc.edu/docs/data/research_reports/resh_05-2_i-best.pdf
Educational Outcomes of I-BEST
Washington State Community and Technical College System’s
Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training Program: Findings from a Multivariate Analysis
Community College Research Center – Teachers College, Columbia University
www.sbctc.edu/college/abepds/multivariateanalysis_workingpaper16_may2009.pdf
National Institute for Literacy
LINCS Resource Collections (Literacy Information Communication System)
www.nifl.gov/lincs/resourcecollections/resource_collections.html