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Data and Collaboration are the Key to Preserving Higher Ed’s Hard-Fought Equity Gains

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Over the last four decades, Latino and African-American students were among the fastest-growing demographics in higher education. Since the mid-1970s, the Latino college student population has increased fivefold, with one out of every five college students being Latino by 2017. percentage point lift in persistence.

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University of Dayton, Sinclair CC share students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

What it is: UD Sinclair Academy was started to address barriers in transferability of credits and affordability of higher education, says Julia Thompson, director of student success for community college partnerships at UD. Smoothing out the creases: Working across institutions has created challenges in data sharing, Thompson says.