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However, fewer than half of those Reconnect students persisted to the following year as grant participants. In interviews conducted in spring 2020, students mentioned the Reconnect reapplication as an unexpected barrier to their persistence.  \nTo promote Reconnect students’ reapplication and persistence, Nashville State and Southwest Tennessee Community College piloted an intervention in fall 2020. In this pilot, faculty members at Nashville and Southwest devoted class time to remind their students to reapply to Reconnect. To begin, the president of each college sent emails to faculty members introducing the intervention and attaching Reconnect reapplication instructions. Since many classes at Nashville and Southwest were delivered online synchronously or asynchronously due to COVID- 19, faculty members reserved class time during their synchronous lectures or posted slides in online course portals prompting students to reapply.  \nA Nudge to Reconnect – Reapplying  \nAfter faculty members reminded their students toreapply, rigorous statistical models revealed that the reminders were positively associated with Reconnect students’ likelihood of reapplying. Reconnect students who received at least one reminder were 12 percentage points more likely to reapply to Reconnect than students who received no reminders from faculty.  \nThe reminders also had a positive impact on underrepresented students’ reapplication rates.  \n• Black Reconnect students who received at least one reminder were 13 percentage points more likely to reapply to Reconnect.  \n• Also, Pell Reconnect students who received at least one reminder were 14 percentage points more likely to reapply to Reconnect.  \nA Nudge to Reconnect – Reapplying and Persisting  \nIn addition to positively impacting Reconnect students’reapplication rates, the reminders also positively impacted Reconnect students’ reapplication and persistence rates. Using the same models, we found:  \n• Reconnect students who received at least one reminder were eight percentage points more likely to reapply to Reconnect during the intervention period and persist to fall 2021.  \n• Reconnect students who received at least one reminder were five percentage points more likely to reapply to Reconnect during the academic year and persist to fall 2021.  \nFurthermore, the reminders had the biggest impact on traditionally underrepresented Reconnect students. In particular,  \n• Black Reconnect students who received at least one reminder were ten percentage points more likely to reapply during the intervention period and persist to fall 2021.  \n• Pell Reconnect students who received at least one reminder were nine percentage points more likely to reapply during the intervention period and persist to fall 2021.  \nImpact of Receiving a Reconnect Reapplication Reminder  \nReapplying to Fall 2021 Persisting to Fall 2021 Reapplying + Persisting Reapplying (Fall) + Persisting  \n0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7  \nPredicted Probability  \n Did Not Receive Reminder  Received Reminder  \nNote: Darker shades are significant at the .05 or greater level  \nThe Reconnect Persistence Challenge  \nThe Persistence Challenge  \nTennessee has invested in several efforts to support adults’ postsecondary enrollment. Most notably, in 2018, the state launched Tennessee Reconnect, a last-dollar scholarship for eligible adults to attend community college free of tuition and mandatory fees.  \nSince Reconnect’s launch in 2018, around 16,000 students have participated in Reconnect and enrolled at community colleges each year. Mor","cbCaif4CpayHNOta","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaif4CpayHNOta","pdf",1187788,21,"English","# Background and Persistence Challenge\n## Reconnect participation and persistence rates\n## Barriers identified by students\n# Persistence Interventions with Faculty\n## Fall 2020 pilot intervention\n## Implementation through emails and course materials\n# Nudge Effects on Reapplying\n## Overall reapplication impact\n## Impact on underrepresented students\n# Nudge Effects on Reapplying and Persisting\n## Intervention and academic-year results\n## Strongest effects for traditionally underrepresented students\n# Impact Visualization and Notes","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the working paper address for Tennessee Reconnect participants?\",\"answer\":\"It addresses the persistence challenge: fewer than half of Reconnect students persisted to the following year as grant participants, despite the program supporting eligible adults’ community college enrollment.\"},{\"question\":\"How did faculty reminders support students’ Reconnect reapplication?\",\"answer\":\"Faculty members devoted class time to remind students to reapply, and because courses were partly online due to COVID-19, faculty also used emails, synchronous lecture time, and online slides or course portals to prompt reapplication.\"},{\"question\":\"How large were the effects of reminders on reapplication and persistence?\",\"answer\":\"Students who received at least one reminder were 12 percentage points more likely to reapply. The reminders also increased combined reapplication and persistence through fall 2021, with additional gains for underrepresented groups.\"}]","Engaging Community College Faculty to Aid in Adult Learners’ Persistence - Working Paper 2 - April 2023 | PDF",1792060626,53]