Ensuring America’s future by increasing Latino college completion
To inform and support state-level, institutional and community actions to increase Latino college completion, Excelencia in Education releases an executive summary and research-based fact sheets detailing the current status of Latino college attainment in all 50 states and the country. More »
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How Students are Making It: Perspectives on Getting Through College from Recent Graduates of the Boston Public Schools
Insight into the low college-completion rates of Boston Public Schools graduates is the focus this report from the Boston Foundation. Based on surveys and interviews with students, the report explores the similarities and differences among students who are struggling academically and those who are succeeding in college. More »
Compete to Complete: Common College Completion Metrics
Improved college-completion rates are critical to our nation’s future. At the same time, states cannot understand this challenge or target areas for policy changes without better data. This publication, from the National Governors Association, provides a set of common college-completion More »
Certificates Count: An Analysis of Sub-baccalaureate Certificates
This publication, from Complete College America, highlights the value of certificate programs, offering insight on how practical and often underutilized credentials can provide graduates with rapid postsecondary achievement and portable skills and knowledge.
Competing Explanations of Undergraduate Noncompletion
At four-year colleges and universities, academic preparation is the biggest factor in determining student success, according to this report. For students at two-year institutions, financial aid is the strongest predictor of degree completion, the study says.
