The national college completion push has stalled, with graduation rates now going the wrong direction. Perhaps the best way to turn the tide, a new coalition argues, is to fix the inefficient and often neglected transfer pipeline from community colleges to four-year institutions.
"We’ve got to have much more urgency around this issue," said Josh Wyner, vice president and executive director of the Aspen Institute’s College Excellence Program. "There’s room for improvement on both sides."
Aspen has teamed up with the Community College Research Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College and Public Agenda on a project to prod states and colleges to do a better job on transfer.
To kick off the campaign, the groups plan to release a report next month from CCRC and the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center that will expose the contours of the problem. It won’t paint a pretty picture.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/12/11/groups-band-together-improve-transfer-pathways-community-college-students