Central Texas Talent HUB

Principal Investigator

Greg Cumpton

Greg Cumpton, PhD

Project Duration

January 2018 – December 2018

Description

Many former college entrants interrupt their education prior to completing their degree, either dropping out completely or later returning to college.  These non-completing individuals have college experience, familiarity with the application process, college credits, and knowledge of course enrollment procedures.   These individuals represent a source of ready and readily accessible potential workers to whom the region could support to re-enter and complete college, increasing the labor pool of those possessing critical skills and knowledge needed in the local labor market.  With direct contact information collected while in college and a repository of information about them, the Austin community intends to target this population for re-enrollment through advertising and other outreach efforts.

Researchers seek to examine stop-out patterns, barriers leading to stop-out behaviors, and assess potential solutions to re-enroll students, eventually measuring the extent to which these efforts increased the number and share of individuals returning to and completing college. 

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