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Helping more La. community college students complete 4-year programs; Study predicts dire wetland loss

LSU Eunice Chancellor Nancee Sorenson (right) presents a graduating student with a diploma. The school has the highest transfer rate among all two-year schools in the state.
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LSU Eunice Chancellor Nancee Sorenson (right) presents a graduating student with a diploma. The school has the highest transfer rate among all two-year schools in the state.

On today’s Louisiana Considered, we take a deep look at the state’s community college transfer rates to 4-year institutions.

Louisiana lags behind the U.S. as a whole, according to new research from the Aspen Institute and the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. We dig into the data and discuss why it's hard for students to make the jump with Tania LaViolet, one of the report's authors.

Plus, we hear from Nancee Sorenson, chancellor of Louisiana State University Eunice. The college enrolls more than 4,000 full and part-time students. It also has the highest transfer rate among all two-year schools in the state.

And later, the Coastal Desk's Halle Parker chats with Torbjorn Tornquist, a geology professor at Tulane University, about a new study on dire wetland loss projections.


Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber. Today’s episode was produced by Matt Bloom and Aubry Procell. It was engineered by Garrett Pittman.

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Aubri Juhasz covers education, focusing on New Orleans' charter schools, school funding and other statewide issues. She also helps edit the station’s news coverage.