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The Time to Talk with Students About Transfer is Now

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Courtney Adkins One of the great benefits of attending a community college is the low-cost accrual of college credit that can be applied to a bachelor’s degree upon transfer to a four-year college or university. Therefore, the students who stand to gain the most from transferring are the least likely to do so.

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Fill Graduation Gaps, Transform Higher Ed

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Yet less than 12% of resident 18-to-24-year-old students enrolled in our public universities are Hispanic. About 60% of our state university students graduate within six years. The general education framework will ensure that students have a clear pathway to transfer with their general education requirements completed.

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Grounding Our Inquiry and Change Work in Equitable Post-Graduation Success

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Against this backdrop, colleges and universities are engaged in significant work to improve outcomes for their students – and to make them more equitable for under-represented students of color. Roueche Center for Community College Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, College of Education, Kansas State University.

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Making Equity a Priority

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Pathway to the presidency Growing up in Compton, there was no question that Curry, who was the youngest of his siblings, would go off to college. He adds that the partnership between Compton College and California State University Dominguez Hills has been successful over the years. He did not want to return home without a degree.

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Guiding Community Colleges Toward Mission Fulfillment

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Her focus is student success initiatives, which include a lot of different focus areas, including guided pathways and holistic advising, developmental education reform, and a number of things that lead to increased student success, particularly with underserved populations, says Felder. These reforms can be broad-based.

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Report Finds Guided Pathways Adoption Slow

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One of the most popular attempts to give this shapeless river some form has been a set of shifts for schools called Guided Pathways. First presented in a 2015 book by scholars at Columbia University’s Community College Research Center (CCRC), Guided Pathways is designed to get students on clear tracks by giving them structure.

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Community Colleges’ Essential Role in Workforce Development

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play an important role for students and communities, providing a quality education that prepares students for jobs or to transfer to four-year colleges and universities. The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce estimates that graduates with associate degrees make $2 million in lifetime earnings , compared with $2.8