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SOURCES

• US Average Completion Rates

• National Student Clearinghouse Annual
Report
https://www.forbes.com/sites/prestonco
oper2/2017/12/19/college-completion-
rates-are-still-

- Kim Wilson, Research Officer disappointing/#531cfd9e263a

e-learn
The average completion rates for degree programmes from 2012 – https://elearnmagazine.com/six-
2017 seen in figure 1 shows how programmes contribute to the causes-solutions-keep-higher-ed-
average college completion rate of 21%. Two of the three lowest students/

completion rates are achieved primarily in programmes that are male Facing the Challenge Of
dominated and offered full-time only. Our research data shows that Completion – Emerging
the majority of students enrolled in these programmes are just leaving Strategies
Community college answers
high school and are also first-generation college students. Since most complex ‘why’ questions with data
of the institutional variables remain the same, the data seems to visualization and analytics
suggests that our full-time students generally demonstrate greater https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasco
levels of unpreparedness for college success. m/2016/07/13/community-college-
answers-complex-why-questions-
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BBS and-analytics/
CABS
ADENG Rebalancing the Mission
MIS
ADB https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED522995
BMIS
CS&E Improving community college
ADACT completion rates by addressing
HTM structural and motivational barriers
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
https://www.brookings.edu/research/
community-college-completion-
Programmes below the college average require immediate attention. rates-structural-and-motivational-
barriers/
Strategies must be implemented to boost these low completion rates.
To achieve this department heads and coordinators must get behind
the numbers.