How HBCUs Help Students Find Their Way Back to College

Historically Black colleges and universities have seen growing interest from students and increased investment in their missions in recent years. But for many HBCUs, longstanding resource challenges and the barriers students face outside the classroom continue to create obstacles to college completion.

A new report from InsideTrack found that a five-year coaching initiative across 39 HBCUs boosted attainment among both current and stopped-out students. Stopped-out students who received coaching re-enrolled at a rate of 6.9 percent—2.5 times the national average—with more than 1,300 returning to their institutions during the five-year period.

Among actively enrolled students, those who met with a coach retained at a rate of 90.4 percent from fall to spring, compared with 82.4 percent for students who did not complete a coaching meeting.

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