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Researchers Examine Why Fewer Latino, Black Community College Students Transfer

Researchers with the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA have examined why California’s community colleges are doing such a poor job of transferring Latino and black students on to four-year colleges and universities.

The three studies, which were publicly released Tuesday by the research group in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, shed light on the faulty mechanisms underlying California’s poor record of transfer and make sweeping recommendations on what must be done to help more students of color earn college degrees.

Read the full article in UCLA Today here.