Measures of Effectiveness in Helping Community College Students to Complete Bachelor's Degrees
April 2024
National Student Clearinghouse Research Center
Excerpt from the NSC-Research Center website:
"This series was first developed in 2016 as a collaborative effort among the Clearinghouse Research Center, the Community College Research Center at Columbia University (CCRC), and Aspen Institute’s College Excellence Program.
The Signature Tracking Transfer report was released in 2017 and in each following year the key metrics are updated for a new cohort of entering community college students. These metrics enable colleges and institutions to benchmark and measure progress and completion for transfer students from two- to four-year institutions. The annual updates are available as spreadsheet downloads; please see the original 2017 report for an explanation of the metrics and methodology.
The current update examines students entering community college for the first time in the fall 2016 term and their transfer-out and bachelor’s completion rates within six years."