Only 14 percent of the students who start out in a community college transfer to a four-year university and earn a bachelor’s degree within six years, according to a report released on Tuesday by three groups that are studying ways to plug the leaky pipeline between two- and four-year colleges. The report was a joint effort of the Community College Research Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College, the Aspen Institute’s College Excellence Program, and the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The research breaks down how students fare in different states. Even in states with the best track records, including Florida, Illinois, and Kansas, only about one in five community-college students transfer and graduate within six years of entering a two-year college. At the other end of the spectrum, some states have transfer-and-graduation rates in the single digits.

January 19, 2016 ・ From Chronicle of Higher Education