Comprehensive programs offering wraparound support increase college completion rates, including when replicated in other contexts¶

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q2 i? Research published in 2020 by MDRC found that comprehensive programs offering wraparound support increase college completion rates, including when replicated in other contexts. → mdrc-wraparound

Evidence¶

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Carter, B., Shah, Z., Tinsley, B., LeGrand-Dunn, J., Luke Luna, C. (2023, August). Understanding the supports and skills that enable successful pathways for Black learners and workers into non-four-year degree technology careers: A landscape scan. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/189

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In its wraparound supports section, the scan reports, citing MDRC research published in 2020, that "comprehensive programs offering wraparound support increase college completion rates" and that this held when replicated in other contexts. No effect size is printed.

"research conducted by MDRC and published in 2020 found that comprehensive programs offering wraparound support increase college completion rates when replicated in other contexts, as well"

Discussion¶

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