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Effective strategies and solutions to boost college completion rates remain elusive, especially for underrepresented student populations (defined in this report as low-income students, minority students, and first-generation college students). For example, only one third of full-time bachelor's degree students graduate in four years, and just over 55 per cent will graduate within six years, which is considered 'on-time' graduation. This report serves three purposes: it examines the extant national research on the outcomes of programs designed to enhance the participation and success in higher education of historically underrepresented student populations; it identifies effective programs and strategies for possible replication or scaling up in Indiana; and the report provides information about existing efforts underway at Indiana's public and private colleges and universities.

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