Report Outlines Strategies for Successful Community College Transfers

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Report Outlines Strategies for Successful Community College Transfers
By Catherine Morris

May 16, 2016 - More than 80 percent of students starting out in community college say they want a bachelors degree. Yet within six years of entering a community college, only 14 percent of community college students will earn one, prior studies show. "Transfer outcomes for students who start at community colleges are frankly deplorable," Josh Wyner, vice president and executive director of the College Excellence Program at the Aspen Institute, said in a phone interview on Friday.

See report and press release here: http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/publications/transfer-playbook-essential-practices.html