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Betty Gray Community College Scholarship Program evaluation

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The Oregon Community Foundation (the Foundation) plays a critical role in meeting the demand for an educated and degreed early care and education workforce in Oregon. The Foundation's Betty Gray Community College Scholarship (BGCCS) and Early Childhood Training and Certification Scholarship programs provide a critical piece of Oregon's efforts to improve early childhood outcomes. At the request of the Foundation, Oregon State University (OSU) is evaluating both the Community College Scholarship program operating in 16 of Oregon's 17 community colleges and the Training and Certification Scholarship program administered by the Oregon Center for Career Development in Childhood Care and Education at Portland State University. In this paper we report findings of the Community College Scholarship program evaluation. Findings from the evaluation of the Training and Certification Scholarship program are reported separately. The overall goal of this evaluation study is identification of factors associated with educational attainment in individual BGCCS programs operated by local colleges. The Foundation posed the following questions in its request for the evaluation of the BGCCS program: 1. Has the scholarship program been implemented as planned, and how does the scholarship program vary between the participating community colleges? 2. What are the characteristics of scholarship recipients? 3. How do outcomes vary by individual college scholarship program characteristics (size of scholarship, eligibility guidelines, etc.)? 4. To what extent does the scholarship program contribute to the growth of the community college early education teacher training program (including enrollment in early childhood programs, number of early childhood classes, and additions of certificate programs)? The evaluation study addresses all four questions but focuses heavily on answering the third. (author abstract)
Resource Type:
Reports & Papers
Country:
United States
State(s)/Territories/Tribal Nation(s):
Oregon

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