Partnering with College Systems to Support Students

Graduation rates at community colleges have remained low, especially for students with low incomes. One effort to help students graduate and succeed in the workforce is MDRC's Scaling Up College Completion Efforts for Student Success (SUCCESS), a comprehensive student support program supported by 15 years of MDRC's postsecondary research. Through its Expanding SUCCESS Initiative , MDRC is partnering with states and districts to expand the SUCCESS program to new locations and campuses. In this episode, Leigh Parise talks with Jonathan Lowe, program director of Coaching for Success at Dallas College, and DeShawn Preston , a research associate at MDRC, about implementing a model of comprehensive student supports at Dallas College, as part of the Expanding SUCCESS initiative.

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Partnering with College Systems to Support Students is an episode from Evidence First by MDRC.

This episode is 27:21 long.

This episode was published on Oct 29, 2025.

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