The National Center for Education Statistics released a new way to track completion data for students attending two-year colleges and has found increases in graduation rates.
NCES extended the time period for when students were tracked for program completion from 100 percent of normal time to 200 percent, or four years of normal time for an associate degree. Under the extended time, graduation rates for full-time, first-time undergraduates in 2010 increased from 18 percent to 36 percent at two-year institutions. Rates also increased for students at fewer-than-two-year institutions -- from 38 percent to 67 percent.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2016/01/05/new-graduation-data-finds-increases-2-year-students