Advancing to Completion: Increasing degree attainment by improving graduation rates and closing gaps for Hispanic students

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Advancing to Completion: Increasing degree attainment by improving graduation rates and closing gaps for Hispanic students

September 20, 2012 by EdTrust

Some U.S. colleges are making the grade for Latino students. Instead of settling for lower success rates, they are taking responsibility for helping more Latino students graduate. “Advancing to Completion,” a new study from The Education Trust, shows that institutions across the country are producing stronger outcomes for Latinos. The report outlines strategies used by the colleges making great strides in improving their outcomes for Latino students.

The report covers only the top 25 institutions making the highest gains in Hispanic graduation rates and in closing the graduation-rate gap between Hispanic and white students from 2004 to 2010. Click here to see how the institutions in the study outside the top 25 performed.

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Published: September 20, 2012