We draw on published enrollment and outcome data from VCCS and interview data collected from eight of the 23 community colleges implementing the G3 program to examine college-level G3 outreach, recruitment, and enrollment strategies and the process for awarding G3 aid. [...] Admissions and student services staff we spoke with described the G3 application and enrollment processes as potentially confusing on the front end due to program eligibility requirements and on the back end due to the last-dollar scholarship design. [...] The group of prospective students applying to college explicitly because of the G3 benefits may already plan to enroll in an eligible program but may require advising on their credit or noncredit program options, financial aid application (discussed in the next subsection), the credential they should pursue, and the number of credits to enroll in. [...] Efforts to better integrate recruitment and enrollment in credit CTE and noncredit workforce programs may be an opportunity for institutions to strengthen and streamline marketing, enrollment procedures, and advising in ways that can increase student access to G3-eligible programs and funds. [...] Later quantitative analyses will explore the effects of G3 policy features on student outcomes, such as requiring students to attend full-time in order to receive the living stipend, and whether the G3 aid amount is large enough to encourage lower income students to enroll in the five high-demand fields.
Authors
Maria Cormier, Richard Kazis, Nikki Edgecombe & Myci Atkinson
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Table of Contents
- Get a Skill Get a Job Get Ahead G3 How It Works 2
- Award 3
- Financial aid office applies G3 funds to the students account 3
- CREDIT NONCREDIT 3
- Interest 3
- Contact 3
- Enrollment 3
- Prospective student shows interest in G3 3
- College staff provides information 3
- Student enrolls in G3 3
- CREDIT NONCREDIT 3
- Figure 1. G3 Program Enrollment and Financial Award Process 3
- Table 1. G3 Financial Assistance Eligibility Requirements for Credit Programs 4
- Research Activities 4
- Early Enrollment Data 5
- Table 2. G3 Student Enrollment by Credit and Noncredit Programs 5
- Table 3. Aid Disbursements by Type to G3 Students 6
- Figure 2. G3 Credit and Noncredit Students by Age 2022-23 6
- Figure 3. G3 Credit and Noncredit Students by RaceEthnicity 2022-23 7
- Marketing and Outreach 7
- The Enrollment Process and Its Complexities 11
- Conclusion and Implications 14
- Looking Ahead 15
- Endnotes 16
- References 16
