"A new report by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education may provide clues on how best to shepherd students from two-year to four-year institutions," The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. "The findings come at a time when the Obama administration has put out a clarion call to community colleges to educate an additional five million students by 2020, as part of his broader goal of increasing the proportion of Americans who are college graduates. ... Every year, thousands of students enroll at community colleges with the intent of transferring to a four-year institution. But many of them languish in developmental-education classes and eventually drop out. The situation is especially acute among minorities and low-income students. The report, 'Bridging the Gaps to Success: Promising Practices for Promoting Transfer Among Low-Income and First-Generation Students,' highlights the work of six Texas community colleges with higher-than-expected transfer rates among their students."

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