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Community colleges can be a catapult to economic mobility, dramatically increasing earnings, and almost all are open admission. But most students that start degrees do not finish on time, and many don't finish at all. Hari Sreenivasan reports on a program spreading nationally to increase commun...

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Other Authors: Sreenivasan, Hari (Narrator, Interviewer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Arlington, VA : NewsHour Productions, 2023.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Student aid > United States.
Low-income students > Education > United States.
Educational acceleration > United States.
Community college graduates > United States > Statistics.
College costs > United States > Statistics.
Étudiants > Aide financière > États-Unis.
Élèves à faible revenu > Éducation > États-Unis.
Enseignement accéléré.
College costs.
Community college graduates.
Educational acceleration.
Student aid.
United States.
Statistics.
Television news programs.
Téléjournaux.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Community colleges can be a catapult to economic mobility, dramatically increasing earnings, and almost all are open admission. But most students that start degrees do not finish on time, and many don't finish at all. Hari Sreenivasan reports on a program spreading nationally to increase community college graduation rates. It's part of our series, Rethinking College.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed July 27, 2023).
Physical Description:1 online resource (8 minutes)
Playing Time:00:07:51