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| The projects described below are in various stages of development and tie directly with our current research agenda. To keep abreast of new report releases, we invite you to become a registered user. |
Partnership for College Completion (PCC)
UNCF and its partners, the KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) network of charter schools and the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), have joined forces to create the PCC initiative, with current funding from several investors. PCC is a new initiative scheduled to launch in the fall of 2010 and is designed to increase the college matriculation and completion rates of low-income, minority youth by providing a mix of financial incentives, financial education, college readiness skills, and peer networking. PCC will target cohorts of students in grades 6 and 11 and anticipates tracking their progress to and through college. FDPRI, along with researchers from our partner organizations, will work with an external evaluator to study implementation and impacts associated with PCC. |
UNCF/ MDRC Partnership: Performance Based Scholarships
To better understand how financial support impacts persistence and completion among African American men pursuing postsecondary education, the FDPRI has teamed up with MDRC to test a performance-based scholarship program that will target African American males. Using a randomized methodology, we will track semester-to-semester and year-to-year persistence among 600 male students (300 experimental and 300 control) matriculating at our 39 member institutions over a two-year period. The results of this study will contribute to existing knowledge about how financial support impacts persistence. This program is part of a suite of performance-based scholarship programs currently under evaluation at MDRC. |
Early Childhood Education and Children of Color Living in Rural Communities
UNCF received funding from the Pew Charitable Trusts to publish a monograph that describes the current state of early childhood education in rural communities with a special focus on African American children. The monograph will include chapters that address issues such as: multicultural curriculum use in early childhood programs, data on disparities for children living in rural communities and child care usage among families, among many others. FDPRI anticipates a summer 2010 release of this publication. | |
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