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The Time to Talk with Students About Transfer is Now

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Another unsettling finding is that, while 2024 CCSSE respondents who are Pell Grant recipients reported intent to transfer at roughly the same rates as non-Pell Grant recipients, the Tracking Transfer report shows that only 11% of low-income students who started at a community college earned a bachelor’s degree in six years.

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Fill Graduation Gaps, Transform Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students receiving Pell grants have graduation rates 21 percentage points lower than students who are not Pell-eligible. Common recommendations included improved advising services, guided pathways for students, and proactive, targeted financial aid and completion grants. The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs.

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Guiding Community Colleges Toward Mission Fulfillment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

My data mindset was shaped very early in my leadership career, Stout says in an interview with Diverse. We picked colleges we aspired to be like, looked at their data, and then we had a habit with the leadership team to look at the data on a regular basis, quarterly at least, and assess goals based on the data.