This PowerPoint presentation, prepared for a policymaker and funder briefing hosted by the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, provides an overview of the Central Texas Student Futures Project, its recent results, and plans for the future.
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In December 2009 the Student Futures Project released a report by Tara Carter Smith and Greg Cumpton highlighting the findings from the 2009 senior surveys. The senior survey is a primary component to the Student Futures Project research, providing details on graduates' family backgrounds, high school experiences and preparations for the future, which assist researchers in determining key influences and factors that affect students' postsecondary education decisions and outcomes.
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Christopher King of the Ray Marshall Center and Drew Scheberle of the Austin Chamber of Commerce will present findings from the Student Futures Project for members of Congress and other invited guests at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, October 15, 2009. The presentation will highlight the critical role the Student Futures Project has played in the effort to improve high school direct-to-college enrollment rates in the Metro Austin area, and will include information of how partner schools are using the Student Futures Project data to make improvements in their districts. |
On September 30, 2009, the Student Futures Project released a research report Education and Work After High School: Central Texas Outcomes through December 2008, by Greg Cumpton, Deanna Schexnayder and Christopher King. This is the third report in a series which tracks Central Texas high school seniors from the graduating classes of 2006, 2007 and 2008 in their postsecondary education choices and outcomes.
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The Texas Business Review, a publication of the Bureau of Business Research at The University of Texas at Austin, featured a report from the Texas Student Futures Project in its August 2009 issue. The article, written by Deanna Schexnayder, Greg Cumpton, Christopher King and Chandler Stolp, summarizes the project and presents its findings as of that date to an audience of Texas businesspeople and policy makers. Click here to view article.
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