Community colleges try innovative ways to improve retention, completion and transfer rates
Inver Hills Community College
This is the time of year Inver Hills Community College Vice President Barbara Read stands in the door of the admissions office and greets a new student with a four-word question: “What is your goal?”
The question goes to the heart of the college’s five-year-old “Finish What You Start” effort to improve retention, completion and transfer rates. Whether a student is there to earn credits before transferring to a four-year
