Education Week – Sarah D. Sparks
“For a significant number of students, a community college is a step along the academic path, but not a stopping place. More than 40 percent of graduates with an associate degree—and 60 percent of those who earn one by age 20—go on to earn a bachelor’s degree, finds a new report by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center…Progression from two-year to four year programs will be vital to boosting the nation’s overall educational attainment, as higher proportions of minority students head to two-year programs after high school.”(more)