| Though I know many IR offices produce reports regularly, I hope you find the information below—on how we’re aligning data with strategic initiatives—helpful as you advance the data dialogue on your campus. |
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| Opening a new path to admission |
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| Thanks in part to Temple Option, our diversity is soaring: This fall, the number of African American freshmen rose 20 percent, and Latino freshmen rose 26 percent. |
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| Limiting student debt |
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| Fly in 4 helps incoming students minimize their debt by ensuring they graduate in four years. Our current sophomores are the first class that had access to Fly in 4, and 600 more of them compared to last year’s sophomores are on track to graduate on time. |
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| Retaining at-risk students |
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| At Temple, we’ve raised our retention rate for first-year students to an all-time high of 90 percent. We’ve done that by hiring 60 full-time advisors since 2006, investing in their development, and equipping them with up-to-date tools and techniques. |
