An Introduction to RI's College Access and Persistence Programs

Essential Question:
What do we know about historically underserved populations on RI public college campuses and recent efforts to support them?

To improve higher education degree completion rates, the Rhode Island Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner (RIOPC) has launched three new programs that partner with existing college access efforts. To view a presentation of the highlights of this story, click here.

Who are Rhode Island's historically underserved students?

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These are RI's public-education students. Better serving those who have been historically underserved will best help the state boost post-secondary training and degree completion.

This story focuses on students from the high school graduating class of 2012. This was the first group of students to have access to the new programs at RI's three public colleges which launched in 2012. We will learn more about these programs as the story progresses.

Please note that many of the students represented above are duplicates since one student can be male, low-income, minority, and attend an urban school.

To see a glossary of terms for the graph above, click here.


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