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Matus-Grossman, Lisa, and Susan Gooden, with Melissa Wavelet, Melisa Diaz, and ReishmaSeupersad. 2002. Opening Doors: Students’ Perspectives on Juggling Work, Family, and College.New York: MDRC.Provasnik, Stephen, and Michael Planty. 2008. Community Colleges: Special Supplement to the2008 Condition of Education. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, National Centerfor Education Statistics.The Public Services Institute and the Joint Center for Policy Research, Lorain County CommunityCollege. 2004. Our People, Education, and Economy: The Changing Nature of Lorain County.Elyria, OH: Lorain County Community College.Purnell, Rogéair, and Susan Blank, with Susan Scrivener and Reishma Seupersad. 2004. SupportSuccess: Services That May Help Low-Income Students Succeed in Community College. NewYork: MDRC.Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn, Thomas Brock, Allen LeBlanc, Christina Paxson, Cecilia Elena Rouse,and Lisa Barrow. 2009. Rewarding Persistence: Effects of a Performance-Based ScholarshipProgram for Low-Income Parents. New York: MDRC.Scrivener, Susan, and Jenny Au. 2007. Enhancing Student Services at Lorain County CommunityCollege: Early Results from the Opening Doors Demonstration in Ohio. New York: MDRC.Scrivener, Susan, and Michael Pih. 2007. Enhancing Student Services at Owens CommunityCollege: Early Results from the Opening Doors Demonstration in Ohio. New York: MDRC.Scrivener, Susan, Dan Bloom, Allen LeBlanc, Christina Paxson, Cecilia Elena Rouse, and ColleenSommo, with Jenny Au, Jedediah J. Teres, and Susan Yeh. 2008. A Good Start: Two-Year Effectsof a Freshmen Learning Community Program at Kingsborough Community College. NewYork: MDRC.Scrivener, Susan, Colleen Sommo, and Herbert Collado. 2009. Getting Back on Track: Effects of aCommunity College Program for Probationary Students. New York: MDRC.Steingass, S. Jon, and Seth Sykes. 2008. Centralizing Advising to Improve Student Outcomes.Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities.Tinto, Vincent. 1993. Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition. 2ndEdition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2008. “Worker Displacement, 2005-2007.” Economic NewsRelease. Displaced Workers Summary. USDL 08-1183 (August 26). Washington, DC: U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics Division of Labor Force Statistics.Woodlief, Blaze, Catherine Thomas, and Garciela Orozco. 2003. California’s Gold: Claiming thePromise of Diversity in Our Colleges. Oakland, CA: California Tomorrow.142
EARLIER MDRC PUBLICATIONS ON OPENING DOORSGetting Back on TrackEffects of a Community College Program for Probationary Students2009. Susan Scrivener, Colleen Sommo, Herbert Collado.Rewarding PersistenceEffects of a Performance-Based Scholarship Program for Low-Income Parents2009. Lashawn Richburg-Hayes, Thomas Brock, Allen LeBlanc, Christina Paxson, CeciliaElena Rouse, Lisa Barrow.A Good StartTwo-Year Effects of a Freshmen Learning Community Program at Kingsborough CommunityCollege2008. Susan Scrivener, Dan Bloom, Allen LeBlanc, Christina Paxson, Cecilia Elena Rouse,Colleen Sommo, with Jenny Au, Jedediah J. Teres, Susan Yeh.Helping Low-Wage Workers Persist in Education ProgramsLessons from Research on Welfare Training Programs and Two Promising Community CollegeStrategies2008. Lashawn Richburg-Hayes.Enhancing Student Services at Lorain County Community CollegeEarly Results from the Opening Doors Demonstration in Ohio2007. Susan Scrivener, Jenny Au.Enhancing Student Services at Owens Community CollegeEarly Results from the Opening Doors Demonstration in Ohio2007. Susan Scrivener, Michael Pih.A Whole ’Nother WorldStudents Navigating Community College2006. Alissa Gardenhire-Crooks, Herbert Collado, Barbara Ray.Paying for PersistenceEarly Results of a Louisiana Scholarship Program for Low-Income Parents AttendingCommunity College2006. Thomas Brock, Lashawn Richburg-Hayes.Building Learning CommunitiesEarly Results from the Opening Doors Demonstration at Kingsborough Community College2005. Dan Bloom, Colleen Sommo.143
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Funders of the Opening Doors Projec
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ContentsOverviewList of Tables, Fig
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PrefaceIf approved by Congress, the
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guidance on the study. Thomas Brock
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Chapter 1IntroductionOver the last
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The Opening Doors DemonstrationTabl
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