Persistence Rate News Today

This month marks the celebration of college graduations around the country, celebrations of long hours spent studying, planning and sacrificing to make it to the graduation podium. For one group

Three out of four students who started college in fall 2020 — the first fall semester of the COVID-19 pandemic — returned for a second year, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

Been doing this work havent known for a really long time. these folks are our neighbors. and what we know is our neighbors are struggling. and we feel it when theyre struggling and we feel it when theyre having good times. and every morning i stand inside on the lower east side outside of our building that was the first kindergarten in the city of new york first head start program, first early head start program, and i think of the families that walk into our building andic ic think the odds are...

Teacher. 35% of our students are in college. 63% of our 600 families are taking courses with us financial literacy english as a second language college access courses and theyre doing it while their children are in school and were smart enough to give them stipends so they keep coming back and metro cards so they can get to us and the incentives they need in order to succeed and keep up the persistence rate. >> i went to public schools in new york many years ago. and then i went on this tour pre...