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Nearly half of all students graduating with
a four-year degree in the 2013-14 school year had some experience within a
two-year institution.
That detail is a part of a report released by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, which found 46 percent of all students who completed a 4-year degree had been enrolled at a 2-year institution at some point in the past 10 years. Of those students, 65 percent enrolled for at least three semesters at a community college. “The idea that there’s only one path through college is antiquated,” said Jason DeWitt, research manager with the center. There are different ways to earn a bachelor’s degree, he said, adding that the numbers show students may have started at a four-year institution, attended a two-year and completed at a different four-year college. “We need to really understand the role that community colleges play to better define success in community colleges,” DeWitt said. |