{"id":544,"date":"2015-04-07T11:53:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T15:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/adult-students\/?p=544"},"modified":"2015-04-07T11:53:25","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T15:53:25","slug":"multiple-pathways-to-the-same-end-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/adult-students\/2015\/04\/07\/multiple-pathways-to-the-same-end-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple Pathways to the Same End Goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some statistics for you:<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"http:\/\/nscresearchcenter.org\/snapshotreport-twoyearcontributionfouryearcompletions17\/\">new report<\/a> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/nscresearchcenter.org\/\">National Student Clearinghouse Research Center<\/a>, 46% of all students who earned a bachelor\u2019s degree had attended a community college at some point in the previous 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2015\/03\/26\/nearly-half-four-year-college-graduates-attended-two-year-college\">studies<\/a> show that 62% of students who transfer from two-year to four-year institutions go on to earn bachelor\u2019s degrees within six years of transferring. 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