<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/education/features/lee-mckinney/index.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><pubDate>09/24/2018 03:47:07 PM</pubDate><title>New Grant to Fuel Research on Increasing Community College Graduation Rates</title><subtitle/><description>Researchers at the University of Houston College of Education have partnered with Houston Community College to study a new program designed to help more students graduate in two years and transfer to a four-year university.&amp;#13;&amp;#10;The project has the potential to serve as a blueprint for other community colleges in Texas and across the nation as educators work to increase graduation and transfer rates, particularly among low-income students and students of color.&amp;#13;&amp;#10;</description><author/><author-email/><author-phone/><image><img src="" alt=""/></image><categories/></item>