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College as a Job Advancement Strategy:
Final Report on the New Visions Self-Sufficiency and Lifelong Learning Project

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Title Page

List of Exhibits

Acknowledgements

Executive Summary

    The New Visions Program
    Evaluation Design
    Implementing New Visions
    Participants’ Experiences in New Visions
    Impacts on Educational and Economic Outcomes
    Conclusions

Chapter 1: Introduction

    1.1 Research and Policy Background
    1.2 Context for the New Visions Demonstration
    1.3 The New Visions Demonstration
    1.4 Implementing New Visions: Recap from Previous Reports

Chapter 2: Educational Experiences of New Visions Volunteers

    2.1 Marketing New Visions to Welfare Recipients
    2.2 Characteristics of TANF Recipients Who Volunteered for New Visions
    2.3 Factors Associated with Core Program Completion
    2.4 Experiences in the Core Program
    2.5 Education and Training after the New Visions Core Program
    2.6 Conclusions

Chapter 3: New Visions’ Educational and Economic Impacts

    3.1 Approach
    3.2 Impacts on GAIN Education and Training (E&T) Participation
    3.3 Impacts on Regular College Enrollment and Certificate and Degree Completion
    3.4 Impacts on Employment and Earnings
    3.5 Impacts on TANF Payments and Receipt
    3.6 Subgroup Impacts
    3.7 Conclusions

References

Appendix: Quarterly Impact Estimate Detail



 

 

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