From CPR: “Colorado’s efforts to help people who stopped attending college to get a credential are paying off. The state had the seventh-highest number of credential completers in the nation, according to a new report by the National Student Clearinghouse. It jumped 129 percent from the 2022-23 to the 2023-24 academic year. The report found that Colorado had 2,100 credential completers in 2023-24, up 1,200 from 2022-23…National researchers credit the state’s new policy initiative, Colorado Re-Engaged (CORE), that allows four-year institutions to award associate degrees to those who stopped out in the last decade with 70 credit hours under their belt. A minimum of 70 credits is about two years of college.”
