Austin College Access Network Information Brief: Common Definitions
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In partnership with E3 Alliance, the Ray Marshall Center (RMC) is participating in the Central Texas College Access and Persistence Program Evaluation. The evaluation seeks to increase regional capacity to provide critical and effective support to traditionally underrepresented college students to help ensure that they enter college and persist in their studies through completion. The project has two primary goals: 1) to increase Austin College Access Network (ACAN) member awareness of the nature and breadth of college access and persistence services offered in Central Texas and identify service gaps; and 2) to increase the capacity of ACAN member organizations for program evaluation and continuous improvement activities.
Under the project, RMC will:
Develop a common definition of college access and persistence terms across ACAN member organizations
Research and map the types of services offered by each organization
Interview program and school personnel to identify service gaps and develop recommendations for expansion
Obtain student data to compute enrollment and persistence rates
Estimate net impacts of results against a matched comparison group
Provide reports on process, outcome, and impact results to each participating organization, as well as a summary report for ACAN as a whole