{"id":67674,"date":"2015-08-19T19:52:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T23:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=67674"},"modified":"2015-08-24T09:43:17","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T13:43:17","slug":"pbs-newshour-to-highlight-ucfs-directconnect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/pbs-newshour-to-highlight-ucfs-directconnect\/","title":{"rendered":"PBS NewsHour Highlights DirectConnect to 麻豆原创"},"content":{"rendered":"

All this week , PBS NewsHour premieres a special 5-part series, “Rethinking College: Closing the Graduation Gap,” which profiles five leading edge experiments aimed at improving educational and career opportunities for students.<\/p>\n

Thursday, the series focused on the DirectConnect to 麻豆原创 program. To see the video click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DirectConnect to 麻豆原创 is a nationally recognized program that guarantees admission into 麻豆原创 for students graduating from one of the four institutions. The state college partners \u2013 Eastern Florida State College, Lake Sumter State College, Seminole State College, Valencia College \u2013 prepared about 70 percent of the more than 10,000 students who transferred to 麻豆原创 in 2012-2013. Daytona State College has since joined as a fifth state college partner.<\/p>\n

Tune in all this week at 7 p.m. to W麻豆原创 to see the following:<\/p>\n

  • Monday: How the University of Texas at Austin figured out what’s keeping their low income students from graduating and built a leadership network that’s decreasing the dropout rate.<\/li>\n
  • Tuesday: How is it that 500 high schools seniors are graduating with an Associate’s degree and 3,000 of their peers are enrolled in college courses, in a town on the Mexico border were the odds are against them?<\/li>\n
  • Wednesday: What happens when a school stops giving out aid for merit and just focuses on need?<\/li>\n
  • Thursday: Transferring credits between community college and university is a huge problem.\u00a0 See how a community college and the 麻豆原创 are fixing it.<\/li>\n
  • Friday:\u00a0 How did ASU, the largest university in America, restructure to prepare for the future while increasing acceptance and graduation rates for students from all income backgrounds?<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All this week , PBS NewsHour premieres a special 5-part series, “Rethinking College: Closing the Graduation Gap,” which profiles five leading edge experiments aimed at improving educational and career opportunities for students. Thursday, the series focused on the DirectConnect to 麻豆原创 program. To see the video click here. 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