Elementary and Secondary Education
Early Intervention/Outreach

The Educational Policy Institute conducts projects related to early intervention and pre-college outreach programs. These programs are typically supplementary to compulsory education, providing academic and social support for students who are historically underrepresented at the postsecondary level.

EPI has unique expertise in this area. EPI's President, Dr. Watson Scott Swail, was the director of the National Survey of Outreach Programs conducted in 2000 for the College Board, which surveyed over 1,100 programs across the United States. He also served on the original negotiated rulemaking committee for the federal GEAR UP program, and as Vice President of the Council for Opportunities in Education, the TRIO membership organization. He has written extensively on the topic.

EPI has conducted program evaluations of early intervention programs across the United States, and also has written guidebooks and manuals for early intervention organizations.

Related Projects:

National Survey of Outreach Programs (2000); The College Board
Handbook of Outreach Programs (2000); The College Board
Advisory Services Guidebook for Pre-College Outreach Programs (2005); Ohio College Access Network

Related Publications:

Financial Aid is Not Enough (1998)
The Role of Early Intervention in Education Reform and Sponsors of Early Intervention Programs (2000)
Value Added: The Costs and Benefits of College Preparatory Programs (2004, November)
Outreach Handbook Essays (2001)