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Recommendation Nine
Dramatically increase college completion rates
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Recommendation Nine

We Recommend...

that institutions of higher education set out to dramatically increase college completion rates by improving retention, easing transfer among institutions and implementing data-based strategies to identify retention and dropout challenges.

Core indicators for this recommendation
  • Graduation Rates of Associate Degree- and Certificate-Seeking Students
    Most Recent Estimate
    As of 2008
    25.7%
    Full-time Latino associate degree- or certificate-seeking students at two-year colleges graduated in three years or less.
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  • Graduation Rates of Bachelor’s Degree-Seeking Students
    Most Recent Estimate
    As of 2008
    49.4%
    Latino full-time bachelor degree–seeking students at four-year colleges graduated in six years or less.
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  • Degrees Awarded at Colleges and Universities
    Most Recent Estimate
    As of 2009
    12.7%
    of all associate degrees were awarded to Hispanics.
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California
California Community Colleges launched a task force at the beginning of 2011 to boost completion rates over the next 10 years.
Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education is mandated to develop a performance measurement system for state and community colleges.
California
California State University has established an Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) whose primary goal is to improve access for low-income, first-generation and historically disadvantaged students with potential for academic success by making higher education a possibility.

How We Assemble Our Indicators

  • The indicators are rigorous
  • The indicators are measureable on a regular basis
  • The indicators have the ability to be disaggregated
Learn about the commission’s criteria to select indicators