LACCD lagging in graduates

Los Angeles community colleges lag behind others across California, with only one in four students fulfilling their goal of earning a certificate or associate degree or transferring to a four-year university, according to a new study. Dana Bartholomew in the Daily News.

The nine-campus Los Angeles Community College District received especially poor marks for the lower completion rate of its black and Latino students.

"We've got to reverse the trend," said Nancy Shulock, executive director of the Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Policy at Cal State Sacramento, a co-author of the study released last week.