Utilizing data collected through The Degree Project, a partnership between Ascendium, Milwaukee Public Schools and researchers, this working paper analyzes how promise programs and the design of financial aid programs affect a variety of high school, college and life outcomes.
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This workshop shows students how to find private scholarships that are a good match for them and provide tips on how they can win them. Recommended for grades: 10, 11, 12
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This workshop shows students how to find private scholarships that are a good match for them and provide tips on how they can win them. Recommended for grades: 10, 11, 12
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This workshop shows students how to choose a college based on what's important to them so they can increase their odds of graduating. Recommended for grades: 10, 11, 12
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This workshop shows students how to choose a college based on what's important to them so they can increase their odds of graduating. Recommended for grades: 10, 11, 12
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This workshop walks parents and students through the FAFSA so they know what information is required to successfully complete it. Recommended for grades: 12 and their parents
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This workshop walks parents and students through the FAFSA so they know what information is required to successfully complete it. Recommended for grades: 12 and their parents
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This workshop shows students that with the help of financial aid—federal grants and scholarships—the price of college can be affordable. Recommended for grades: 11, 12
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This workshop shows students that with the help of financial aid—federal grants and scholarships—the price of college can be affordable. Recommended for grades: 11, 12
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Ascendium partnered with Equal Measure to fund the development of better tools for emergency grant decision-makers to ask the right questions to get at the root cause of each student's personal financial crisis.
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Does the promise of a college scholarship early in a student's high school career increase the likelihood that the student will go on to and complete higher education? This Brookings report summarizes The 2011 Degree Project.
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