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ContentsOverviewList of Tables, Figures, and BoxesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsExecutive SummaryiiiviiixxiES-1Chapter1 Introduction 1Overview of the Opening Doors Demonstration and Evaluation 2Background on Student Services at Community Colleges 4The Remainder of This Report 112 The Sites, Sample, and Data Sources 13The Participating Colleges 13Identifying, Recruiting, and Randomly Assigning Students 15Characteristics of the Sample 17Data Sources and Follow-Up Periods 213 The Implementation of the Ohio Opening Doors Program 25History of the Opening Doors Program in Ohio 25Implementation of the Opening Doors Program 26Differences Between the Opening Doors Program andthe Control Group Environment 35Students’ Experiences in the Opening Doors Program and the Control GroupEnvironment 37Looking to the Report’s Next Chapter 414 The Effects of Enhanced Student Services and a Modest Stipend 43Effects on Education Outcomes: Transcript Measures 44Effects on Enrollment, Including Other Institutions: Clearinghouse Data 53Effects on Financial Aid 56Effects on Social, Psychological, and Health Outcomes 595 Summary and Conclusions 61Interpreting the Program’s Impacts 64v
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Page 4 and 5: Funders of the Opening Doors Projec
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Page 10 and 11: C.1 Opening Doors Counseling Sessio
Page 13 and 14: AcknowledgmentsThe Opening Doors de
Page 15 and 16: Executive SummarySince the mid-1960
Page 17 and 18: Whom Did the Programs Serve?Lorain
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OutcomeFirst program semesterProgra
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The Opening Doors DemonstrationTabl
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Box 3.1How to Read the Impact Table
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ability to persist in school. (The
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Unless otherwise noted, the results
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impacts were 0.72 and 0.41. While t
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Table 4.1 (continued)SOURCES: MDRC
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Program Control Difference Standard
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For example, one of the two studied
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As shown in the cumulative outcomes
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The results presented in Appendix T
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The Opening Doors DemonstrationFigu
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Interpreting the Program’s Impact
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stipend offered as part of the Open
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Appendix A includes three descripti
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Appendix Table A.1 (continued)Full
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to analyze whether students’ base
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Full Program ControlCharacteristic
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This appendix includes three sectio
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The Opening Doors DemonstrationAppe
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Table B.1 (continued)SOURCE: MDRC c
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Table B.2 (continued)Characteristic
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Appendix CSupplementary Tables for
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Lorain OwensProgram ProgramOutcome
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Lorain County Community CollegeOwen
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Classroom and College ExperiencesIn
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Self-Esteem (4-item scale, Cronbach
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Civic Engagement (4-item summative
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Appendix ESupplementary Tables for
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Appendix Table E.1 (continued)Lorai
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Appendix Table E.4 (continued)Male
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Male SubgroupFemale SubgroupDiffere
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Matus-Grossman, Lisa, and Susan Goo
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Promoting Student Success in Commun
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