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To promote successful transfer between community colleges and four-year universities, institutional partnerships are addressing barriers and providing more streamlined methods. In fall 2022, upward transfers from community colleges to universities fell 7.5 percent year over year and 14.5 percent relative to fall 2020, according to data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Transfer continues to be a challenge for many students due to institutional barriers that force them to navigate the process alone.

The first-generation support and scholarship program will launch its first cohorts of students at 10 new partner institutions this fall. First-generation students make up a significant portion of the undergraduate population nationally, but they largely remain undersupported by colleges and universities.

Local colleges adapt as enrollment declines nationally Jeremy P. Kelley © JIM NOELKER Students at the University of Dayton shuffle to class Thursday April 1,2021.The percentage of 2020 high school graduates enrolling immediately in college declined nationally by 6.8 percent this school year — an unprecedented drop, according to the National Student Clearinghouse — but local data was more mixed. JIM NOELKER/STAFF The percentage of 2020 high school graduates enrolling immediately in college declined nationally by 6.8 percent this school year — an unprecedented drop, acc...

  The Tackling Transfer initiative states the challenge clearly: “Few students who enter community college intending to get a bachelor’s degree ever do.” It’s an issue we’ve seen in Dayton, Ohio. Though a mere 1.5 miles separate the University of Dayton and Sinclair Community College -- one of the largest, most highly ranked and successful community colleges in the country -- some talented students still could not see an attractive path to a high-quality four-year degree. To address the roadblocks facing transfer students, we created a new partnership in 2016, the UD Sinclair Acade...