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Report: 13% of Title IV Aid-Receiving Students from Community Colleges Earn Bachelor's Degree Within Eight Years

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Only over a tenth of students receiving Title IV aid (13%) who start at community colleges ultimately earn bachelor’s degrees within eight years, according to a U.S. Department of Education (ED) report.

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Without Better Postsecondary Data, We’re Leaving Stakeholders in the Dark

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

The investment of time, financial resources, and opportunity cost of higher education is a multi-year journey that will change not only a student’s life, but the course of lifetimes for several generations. If CTA were law already, policymakers and students would have had much of the information they need to respond and rebound.

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