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Divided We Fail in LA: Improving Completion and Closing Racial Gaps in the Los Angeles Community College District

by Colleen Moore and Nancy Shulock | Nov 2010 | College and Career Readiness and Success, Reports and Briefs, State and System Policy

This report applies the approach used in Divided We Fail to the nine colleges of the Los Angeles Community College District. The study tracked the 2003-04 entering cohort of degree- and certificate-seeking students over six years, analyzing their progress along a series of intermediate milestones and completion outcomes by race/ethnicity. The report points out the risks posed by racial/ethnic disparities and offers recommendations for changes to policy and practice with a goal of improving student success, especially among underrepresented minority populations.

Divided We Fail: Improving Completion and Closing Racial Gaps in California’s Community Colleges

by Colleen Moore and Nancy Shulock | Oct 2010 | College and Career Readiness and Success, Reports and Briefs, State and System Policy

This report analyzes the progress and outcomes of degree- and certificate-seeking students in the California Community College system. The study tracked the 2003-04 entering cohort over six years, analyzing their progress along a series of intermediate milestones and completion outcomes by race/ethnicity. The report emphasizes that low completion rates and continued racial/ethnic disparities pose serious risks to the state’s future prosperity and offers recommendations for changes to policy and practice with a goal of improving student success, especially among underrepresented minority populations.