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College Completion Rates Edging Upward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The improvements here were mostly driven by students who started at community colleges. Community college completion rates jumped 1.2 Comparisons are available across states, gender, race/ethnicity and age as well as by year dating back to 2007.

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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The profile of the average community college student is changing. While two-year institutions still have significant populations of adult students and people desirous of enhancing their career options, there is a growing number of first-time college students, age 18 to 22, that are seeking a traditional college experience.

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Community College Leader Recognized as 2023 Diverse Champion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gonzales’ passion for education has culminated in a swift rise to being named chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) last September. The district comprises 10 independently accredited colleges in Arizona serving over 94,000 students. He became president of GateWay Community College in MCCCD in 2013.

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Transfer Students Need Support from Both Two and Four Year Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two new reports and an online dashboard from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Teacher’s College, Columbia University, are part of an ambitious effort to tell the story of transfer students. One report was designed for community college leaders to read — the other was for four-year institutional leaders.

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Community college graduation rates increase in Colorado

University Business

The number of graduates from the state’s community colleges has seen a marked increase, according to data released Wednesday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Overall, the number of Colorado college students earning credentials within six years is holding steady. percent completed. Read more at CPR News.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S. Approximately 70% of the student body identifies as Latinx. “We in the last two years.”

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Exploring the History of Latinos in Baseball

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He earned an associate degree in liberal arts from Orange County Community College, a bachelor’s degree in history from Vassar College, and a Ph.D. Burgos arrived at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2001, where he earned tenure as an associate professor in 2007 and rose to full professor in 2012.